Printing system, job processing method, printing device, and storage medium

Abstract

A printing system adapted to be able to perform a processing concerning a job to be processed by a post-processing device, the post-processing device having a movable component openable by an operator, the system comprising: a controller that enables the printing device to execute the print process of a job to be processed even while the movable component remains open in a case that the job does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, the controller inhibiting the printing device from executing the print process of a job to be processed without notifying an operator via a user interface unit of information on the open movable component in a case that the job requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A printing system adapted to be able to perform a processing concerning a job to be processed by a post-processing device, the post-processing device having a movable component openable by an operator, the system comprising:
 a controller that enables the printing device to execute the print process of a job to be processed even while the movable component remains open in a case that the job does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, the controller inhibiting the printing device from executing the print process of a job to be processed without notifying an operator via a user interface unit of information on the open movable component in a case that the job requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component.   
     
     
       2. The system according to  claim 1 , in a case that the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, the controller causes the printing device to execute the print process of the job after the user interface unit notifies the operator of guidance information to close the open movable component by an operator operation, and a status of the movable component changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       3. The system according to  claim 1 , in a case that the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, the controller makes the print process of the job stand by until the movable component is closed by an operator operation. 
     
     
       4. The system according to  claim 1 , in a case that the job to be processed does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, the controller permits the printing device to execute the print process of the job without notifying the operator via the user interface unit of guidance information to close the open movable component by an operator operation even while the movable component remains open. 
     
     
       5. The system according to  claim 1 , the controller causes the user interface unit to notify the operator of status information that the movable component is open, prior to the print process by the printing device regardless of whether the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component or does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component. 
     
     
       6. The system according to  claim 1 , the controller permits acceptance of a print execution-request of a new job via the user interface unit even in a case that a status of the movable component of the post-processing device changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       7. The system according to  claim 1 , the controller inhibits acceptance of a print execution request of a new job via the user interface unit even in a case that a status of a movable component of the printing device changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       8. The system according to  claim 1 ,
 the controller inhibits the printing device from executing the print process of the job to be processed in a case that both a first movable component of a first post-processing device necessary for the post-process of the job and a second movable component of a second post-processing device not necessary for the post-process of the job are open, and the first movable component remains open even after the second movable component is closed, and   in a case that both the first movable component and the second movable component are open and the first movable component is closed, the controller permits the printing device to execute the print process of the job even while the second movable component remains open.   
     
     
       9. The system according to  claim 1 , the post-process includes at least one of
 a stapling process for a printed material supplied from the printing device,   a punching process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a shift delivery process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a saddle stitching process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a glue binding process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a stacking process for the printed material supplied from the printing device, and   a trimming process for the printed material supplied from the printing device.   
     
     
       10. The system according to  claim 1 , the user interface unit includes at least either of a user interface unit of the printing device, and a user interface unit of a computer which transmits print data of a job to be processed to the printing device. 
     
     
       11. A job processing method for a printing system adapted to be able to perform a processing concerning a job to be processed by a post-processing device, the post-processing device having a movable component openable by an operator, comprising:
 enabling the printing device to execute the print process of a job to be processed even while the movable component remains open in a case that the job does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component; and   inhibiting the printing device from executing the print process of a job to be processed without notifying an operator via a user interface unit of information on the open movable component in a case that the job requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component.   
     
     
       12. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising, in a case that the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, causing the printing device to execute the print process of the job after the user interface unit notifies the operator of guidance information to close the open movable component by an operator operation, and a status of the movable component changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       13. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising, in a case that the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, making the print process of the job stand by until the movable component is closed by an operator operation. 
     
     
       14. The method according to  claims 11 , further comprising, in a case that the job to be processed does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component, permitting the printing device to execute the print process of the job without notifying the operator via the user interface unit of guidance information to close the open movable component by an operator operation even while the movable component remains open. 
     
     
       15. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising causing the user interface unit to notify the operator of status information that the movable component is open, prior to the print process by the printing device regardless of whether the job to be processed requires the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component or does not require the post-process by the post-processing device having the open movable component. 
     
     
       16. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising permitting acceptance of a print execution request of a new job via the user interface unit even in a case that a status of the movable component of the post-processing device changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       17. The method according to  claims 11 , further comprising inhibiting acceptance of a print execution request of a new job via the user interface unit even in a case that a status of a movable component of the printing device changes from an open status to a closed status. 
     
     
       18. The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising
 inhibiting the printing device from executing the print process of the job to be processed in a case that both a first movable component of a first post-processing device necessary for the post-process of the job and a second movable component of a second post-processing device not necessary for the post-process of the job are open, and the first movable component remains open even after the second movable component is closed, and   in a case that both the first movable component and the second movable component are open and the first movable component is closed, permitting the printing device to execute the print process of the job even while the second movable component remains open.   
     
     
       19. The method according to  claim 11 , the post-process includes at least one of
 a stapling process for a printed material supplied from the printing device,   a punching process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a shift delivery process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a saddle stitching process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a glue binding process for the printed material supplied from the printing device,   a stacking process for the printed material supplied from the printing device, and   a trimming process for the printed material supplied from the printing device.   
     
     
       20. The method according to  claims 11 , the user interface unit includes at least either of a user interface unit of the printing device, and a user interface unit of a computer which transmits print data of a job to be processed to the printing device. 
     
     
       21. A printing device for executing a job processing method defined in  claim 11 . 
     
     
       22. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing a job processing method in  claim 11 . 
     
     
       23. A printing apparatus comprising:
 a printing unit that executes a print process on a sheet;   a specifying unit that specifies a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed by the printing unit, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   a detection unit that detects a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   a display control unit that controls, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of the specified post-processing device specified by the specifying unit becomes an open state, to display information with a predetermined screen to promote closing of the cover of the specified post-processing device by an operator, and, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of one of the plurality of post-processing devices becomes the open state and the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is not the specified post-processing device specified by the specifying unit, to display information, which indicates that the cover of the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is in the open state, on a display portion that is different from a display portion on which the predetermined screen is displayed.   
     
     
       24. The printing apparatus of claim 23, further comprising a control unit that controls, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of the specified post-processing device specified by the specifying unit, the printing unit to stop the print process. 
     
     
       25. The printing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the control unit further controls, when the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of the specified post-processing device specified by the specifying unit changes from an open state to a closed state, to resume the stopped print process. 
     
     
       26. The printing apparatus of claim 23, wherein the predetermined screen is a pop-up screen. 
     
     
       27. A control method of a printing apparatus having a printing unit that executes a print process on a sheet, the method comprising the steps of:
 specifying a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed by the printing unit, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   detecting a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   controlling, in a case that it is detected that the state of the cover of the specified post-processing device becomes an open state, to display information with a predetermined screen to promote closing of a cover of the specified post-processing device by an operator, and, in a case that it is detected that the state of the cover of one of the plurality of post-processing devices becomes the open state and the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is not the specified post-processing device, to display information, which indicates that the cover of the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is in the open state, on a display portion that is different from a display portion on which the predetermined screen is displayed.   
     
     
       28. The printing apparatus of claim 27, wherein the display portion that is different from the display portion on which the predetermined screen is displayed, is an indication portion. 
     
     
       29. A printing apparatus comprising:
 a printing unit that executes a print process on a sheet;   a specifying unit that specifies a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed by the printing unit, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   a detection unit that detects a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   a display control unit that controls, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of a first post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices and the state of the cover of a second post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices become an open state and the specifying unit specifies the first post-processing device, to display information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator, and to display information that indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state.   
     
     
       30. The printing apparatus of claim 29, wherein the display control unit controls, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of the first post-processing device becomes a closed state after it is detected that the state of the cover of the first post-processing device and the state of the cover of the second post-processing device become the open state, to end displaying the information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator, and to continue displaying the information, which indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state. 
     
     
       31. The printing apparatus of claim 29, wherein the display control unit controls, in a case that the detection unit detects that the state of the cover of the second post-processing device becomes a closed state after it is detected that the state of the cover of the first post-processing device and the state of the cover of the second post-processing device become the open state, to continue displaying the information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator, and to end displaying the information, which indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state. 
     
     
       32. The printing apparatus of claim 29, wherein the display control unit displays the information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device to an operator, with a predetermined screen. 
     
     
       33. The printing apparatus of claim 32, wherein the predetermined screen is a pop-up screen. 
     
     
       34. The printing apparatus of claim 29, wherein the display control unit displays information, which indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state, on a display portion that is different from a display portion on which the information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator is displayed. 
     
     
       35. The printing apparatus of claim 34, wherein the display portion that is different from the display portion on which the predetermined screen is displayed, is an indication portion. 
     
     
       36. A control method of a printing apparatus having a printing unit that executes a print process on a sheet, the method comprising the steps of:
 specifying a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed by the printing unit, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   detecting a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   controlling, in a case that it is detected that the state of the cover of a first post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices and the state of the cover of a second post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices become an open state and the specifying unit specifies the first post-processing device, to display information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator, and to display information that indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state.   
     
     
       37. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program comprising:
 printing instructions configured to execute a print process on a sheet;   specifying instructions configured to specify a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed according to the printing instructions, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   detecting instructions configured to detect a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   display control instructions configured to control, in a case that the state of the cover of the specified post-processing device is detected according to the detecting instructions to become an open state, to display information with a predetermined screen to promote closing of the cover of the specified post-processing device by an operator, and, in a case that the state of the cover of one of the plurality of post-processing devices is detected according to the detecting instructions to become the open state and the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is not the specified post-processing device, to display information, which indicates that the cover of the one of the plurality of post-processing devices is in the open state, on a display portion that is different from a display portion on which the predetermined screen is displayed.   
     
     
       38. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program comprising:
 printing instructions configured to execute a print process on a sheet;   specifying instructions configured to specify a post-processing device which should perform a post-process on the sheet on which the print process is executed according to the printing instructions, from among a plurality of post-processing devices;   detecting instructions configured to detect a state of a cover of each of the plurality of post-processing devices; and   display control instructions configured to control, in a case that the state of the cover of a first post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices and the state of the cover of a second post-processing device of the plurality of post-processing devices are detected according to the detecting instructions to become an open state and the first post-processing device is specified according to the specifying instructions, to display information to promote closing of the cover of the first post-processing device by an operator and to display information that indicates that the cover of the second post-processing device is in the open state.