Appeal No. 2003-1883
Application No. 08/953,488 Page 7
printer’s output tray, while informing the user.” Moreover,
Mandel discloses (col. 28, lines 22-34) that if a user ignores or
overrides a displayed instruction to remove sheets from a full or
almost full bin, and sends the print job to the almost full bin
anyway, that if there is not enough room in the bin for the print
job, that the print job can be split between the user's assigned
bin 11 and a newly assigned bin 11 or the overflow tray 11a, or
another only partially filled bin, and the user is then informed
of that automatically through a message.
From these disclosures of Mandel, we find that if a user
assigned bin is full, the print job may be redirected to an
alternate output area, such as the overflow bin or another
unutilized or unassigned bin. We additionally find that
notwithstanding appellants' assertions to the contrary, the bin
designation controller 100 does not only control assignment of
the sheets to the bins after printing, but rather the controller
(bin designation means) can designate bins for each of the
terminals prior to the printing of the sheets. Thus, we find
that since the controller can assign bins when the printer and/or
print server is sent (or is preparing to print) a print job,
Mandel meets the claimed "bin designating means for designating a
bin for each of the terminal apparatuses when the image data is
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