METHOD FOR LIMITING A HEIGHT OF A STACK OF SHEETS IN A PRINTING DEVICE

摘要

In a method for limiting a height of a stack of sheets in an output holder of an image reproduction system, the output holder being configured to hold a stack of sheets printed upon by the image reproduction system according to a print job submitted to the image reproduction system, the image reproduction system including a control unit for controlling the receiving and printing of the print job, the method includes receiving a print job at the image reproduction system, the print job comprising image data to be printed and a plurality of print job settings, starting printing the print job by the image reproduction system, and delivering printed sheets of the print job to the output holder. The plurality of print job settings include a setting for a maximum height of a stack in the output holder settable per print job, the method including establishing a value for the setting for the maximum stack height of the stack, and stopping the delivering of the printed sheets of the print job to the output holder upon the stack reaching the maximum height set in the setting for the maximum stack height. An image reproduction system is configured to execute the method.

主权项

1. A method for limiting a height of a stack of sheets in an output holder of an image reproduction system, the output holder being configured to hold a stack of sheets printed upon by the image reproduction system according to a print job submitted to the image reproduction system, the image reproduction system comprising a control unit for controlling the receiving and printing of the print job, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a print job at the image reproduction system, the print job comprising image data to be printed and a plurality of print job settings, the plurality of print job settings comprising a setting for a maximum height of a stack in the output holder, the maximum height being settable per print job in a job submission tool; establishing a value for the setting for the maximum stack height of the stack from the plurality of print job settings, the step of establishing comprising the step of entering a maximum stack height value per medium type to be used for printing the print job, the medium type having a medium property that determines a maximum stack height for the stack in the output holder for the medium type; starting printing of the print job by the image reproduction system; delivering printed sheets of the print job to the output holder; stopping the delivering of the printed sheets of the print job to the output holder upon the stack reaching the maximum height set in the setting for the maximum stack height; and determining the maximum stack height of the stack in the output holder that will be used while printing the print job, to be the minimum of the maximum stack height entered in the job submission tool and the maximum stack height entered per medium type used in the print job.