Printing apparatus and control method for deleting an area of image data before printing and binding
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakao Ikuno
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Abstract
Even when a binding process for binding a plurality of sheets without using a staple is performed after performing printing on both faces of the sheets, the binding process can be performed so that the bound sheets are not easily separated. A control method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprises: performing a binding process for binding, without using a staple, a sheet on which an image is printed based on image data; specifying an area where the binding process is to be performed, the area being included in the image data; deleting image data of the specified area; and printing the image on the sheet based on the image data on which deleting is performed.
Claims17
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer configured to print an image on a supplied sheet;
- a binder, wherein the binder includes a first portion and a second portion and is configured to stick a plurality of sheets printed by the printer together by applying pressure on the plurality of sheets between the first and second portions using the first portion and the second portion of the binder;
- and
- a processor configured to perform, for an image to be printed on a sheet of the plurality of sheets, a process not to print a part of the image on the sheet, such that the printer prints no image on an area of the sheet where the binder applies pressure to stick the plurality of sheets together,
- wherein the part of the image corresponds to at least the area of the sheet where the first portion and the second portion of the binder apply pressure to stick the plurality of sheets together.
A print control method for a printing apparatus having a printer configured to print an image on a supplied sheet and a binder having a first portion and a second portion, the print control method comprising:
- sticking a plurality of sheets printed by the printer together by applying pressure on the plurality of sheets between the first and second portions using the first portion and the second portion of the binder;
- and
- performing, for an image to be printed on a sheet of the plurality of sheets, a process not to print a part of the image on the sheet such that the printer prints no image on an area of the sheet where the binder applies pressure to stick the plurality of sheets together,
- wherein the part of the image corresponds to at least the area of the sheet where the first portion and the second portion of the binder apply pressure to stick the plurality of sheets together.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer configured to print an image on a sheet from a plurality of sheets;
- a binder having a first portion and a second portion configured to cooperate to press a plurality of sheets together to stick the plurality of sheets together;
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- a processor configured to control the printer,
- wherein, in a case where the plurality of sheets are to be stuck together and a first part of an image to be printed on the sheet corresponds to an area of the sheet where the binder is to apply pressure, the processor controls the printer to print a remaining part of the image on the sheet without printing the first part in the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.