Print control apparatus and control method for receiving and printing print data
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Kaneda
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Abstract
A print control apparatus receives a print job from an external apparatus. In a case where attribute information for performing processing for each set, the set being composed of one or more pages included in a print job, is included in the received print job, the print control apparatus extracts print data, which is to be used for outputting of one set of printed product, from the received print job based on the attribute information. Moreover, the print control apparatus stores, in a storage area, data including the extracted print data to be used for outputting of one set of printed product and a number of copies derived based on at least the attribute information.
Claims11
A print control apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory that stores a set of instructions;
- and
- at least one processor that executes the set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed, causing the print control apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from an external apparatus, a print job including image data of a plurality of pages corresponding to a plurality of copies of one set and information indicating a number of pages of the one set;
- extracting image data, which is to be used for outputting of the one set, from the received image data based on the information indicating the number of pages of the one set;
- and
- storing, in a storage area, data including the extracted image data to be used for outputting one set and a number of copies derived based on a total number of the plurality of pages and the received information,
- wherein, among the received image data, image data excluding the extracted image data is not stored in the storage area.
A control method for a print control apparatus, the control method comprising:
- receiving, from an external apparatus, a print job including image data of a plurality of pages corresponding to a plurality of copies of one set and information indicating a number of pages of the one set;
- extracting image data, which is to be used for outputting of the one set, from the received image data based on the information indicating the number of pages of the one set;
- and
- storing, in a storage area, data including the extracted image data to be used for outputting one set and a number of copies derived based on a total number of the plurality of pages and the received information,
- wherein, among the received image data, image data excluding the extracted image data is not stored in the storage area.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a print control method to be performed by a print control apparatus, the print control method comprising:
- receiving, from an external apparatus, a print job including image data of a plurality of pages corresponding to a plurality of copies of one set and information indicating a number of pages of the one set;
- extracting image data, which is to be used for outputting of the one set, from the received image data based on the information indicating the number of pages of the one set;
- and
- storing, in a storage area, data including the extracted image data to be used for outputting one set and a number of copies derived based on a total number of the plurality of pages and the received information,
- wherein, among the received image data, image data excluding the extracted image data is not stored in the storage area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.