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US 10,122,878 B2Granted
Printing apparatus capable of counting the number of times of printing, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRitsuto Sako
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Abstract
If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
Claims7
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a network I/F that receives a print job;
- a printer that executes printing based on the received print job;
- a memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
- identify a protocol of the received print job;
- count a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and a format of image data is a first type, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1;
- and
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the format of the image data is a second type, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
- wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.
8 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a network I/F that receives a print job;
- a printer that executes printing based on the received print job;
- a memory device that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
- identify a protocol of the received print job;
- and
- count a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and predetermined information is included in a HTTP request, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1, and
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the predetermined information is not included in the HTTP request, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
- wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.
8 more elements
A printing method comprising:
- receiving a print job by a network I/F;
- printing based on the received print job by a printer;
- identifying a protocol of the received print job;
- and
- counting a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
- incrementing, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and a format of image data is a first type, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1;
- and
- incrementing, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the format of the image data is a second type, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
- wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.
6 more elements
A printing method comprising:
- receiving a print job by a network I/F;
- printing based on the received print job by a printer;
- identifying a protocol of the received print job;
- and
- counting a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and predetermined information is included in a HTTP request, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1, and
- increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the predetermined information is not included in the HTTP request, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
- wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.