# US 11,029,900 B2 · Printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,900 B2 - Document ID: US11029900B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/789,596 - Filed: 2020-02-13 - Published: 2020-08-27 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-27 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masaki Kawanishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029900B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1255: {Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities} - B29C 64/386: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - B33Y 50/00: Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/1267: {Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - B22F 10/80: Data acquisition or data processing - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - Y02P 10/25: Process efficiency - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - B22F: WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER (making alloys by powder metallurgy C22C); APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A printing apparatus includes one or more memories, and one or more processors that execute a set of instructions to receive a print job including at least print settings from an external apparatus, store a plurality of received print jobs in a storage device, receive selection of a stored print job as a target of printing from a user, and receive a change of a print setting of the selected print job from a user. When selection of a plurality of stored print jobs is received, and if at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs includes a print setting that is forbidden to be changed when the plurality of print jobs are stored in the storage device, a display is controlled to indicate not to change a value of the print setting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printing apparatus comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors that execute a set of instructions to: receive a print job including at least print settings from an external apparatus; store a plurality of received print jobs in a storage device; receive selection of a stored print job as a target of printing from a user; and receive a change of a print setting of the selected print job from a user, wherein, when selection of a plurality of stored print jobs is received, and if at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs includes a print setting that is forbidden to be changed, a display is controlled to indicate not to change a value of the print setting. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print setting that is forbidden to be changed is displayed on an operation device of the printing apparatus so as not to select an item of the print setting and not to change the value of the print setting. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a user changes a print setting that is forbidden to be changed, a warning message is displayed on an operation device of the printing apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, on an operation device of the printing apparatus, a display item for receiving a change regarding of a print setting that is allowed to be changed is displayed, and a display item for changing the print setting that is forbidden to be changed is not displayed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the printing apparatus to change a print setting of the selected print job based on a setting value received from a user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the printing apparatus to print an image onto a sheet based on a print job. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print job is a print job for outputting a three-dimensional shape from a 3D printer, and wherein the instructions further cause the printing apparatus to output a three-dimensional shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs includes a setting of bookbinding, the display is controlled to indicate not to change the setting of bookbinding. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if layout other than 1-in-1 layout has been set on at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs, the display controlled to indicate not to change the setting of page aggregation. ### Claim 10 A control method for a printing apparatus, the control method comprising: receiving a print job including at least print settings from an external apparatus; storing a plurality of received print jobs in a storage device; receiving selection of a stored print job as a target of printing from a user; and receiving a change of a print setting of the selected print job from a user, wherein, when selection of a plurality of stored print jobs is received, and if at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs includes a print setting that is forbidden to be changed, a display is controlled to indicate not to change a value of the print setting. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for making a computer execute a control method for a printing apparatus, the control method comprising: receiving a print job including at least print settings from an external apparatus, storing a plurality of received print jobs in a storage device, receiving selection of a stored print job as a target of printing from a user; and receiving a change of a print setting of the selected print job from a user, wherein, when selection of a plurality of stored print jobs is received, and if at least one of the plurality of selected print jobs includes a print setting that is forbidden to be changed, a display is controlled to indicate not to change value of the print setting.