Printing apparatus, print control apparatus, and print control program

A print control apparatus communicably coupled to a printing apparatus, comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store a print job including image data;
• a control unit configured to perform print setting on the printing apparatus based on print setting information including post-processing setting information indicating setting of post-processing to be performed on a medium on which an image based on the image data is printed and configured to cause the printing apparatus to print two or more designated print jobs among a plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit, wherein
• when n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of an n-th print job as an n-th print target by the printing apparatus among the two or more print jobs is an n-th image, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of a (n+1)-th print job as a (n+1)-th print target by the printing apparatus among the two or more print jobs is a (n+1)-th image, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the n-th print job is n-th post-processing setting information, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the (n+1)-th print job is (n+1)-th post-processing setting information,
• the control unit compares the n-th post-processing setting information with the (n+1)-th post-processing setting information to determine whether or not setting of the post-processing needs to be changed, and changes the print setting so as not to print information based on the post-processing setting information set to be printed at a position between the n-th image and the (n+1)-th image on the medium as the print setting for the printing apparatus when the setting of the post-processing does not need to be changed.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured to print an image on a medium based on image data;
• a storage unit configured to store a print job including the image data;
• and
• a control unit configured to perform print setting on the printing unit based on print setting information including post-processing setting information indicating setting of post-processing to be performed on the medium on which the image is printed and configured to cause the printing unit to print two or more designated print jobs among a plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit, wherein
• when n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of an n-th print job as an n-th print target by the printing unit among the two or more print jobs is an n-th image, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of a (n+1)-th print job as a (n+1)-th print target by the printing unit among the two or more print jobs is a (n+1)-th image, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the n-th print job is n-th post-processing setting information, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the (n+1)-th print job is (n+1)-th post-processing setting information,
• the control unit compares the n-th post-processing setting information with the (n+1)-th post-processing setting information to determine whether or not setting of the post-processing needs to be changed, and causes the printing unit to print at least one of a change instruction of setting of the post-processing and a stop instruction of transport of the medium when the setting of the post-processing needs to be changed.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print control program, the print control program being configured to perform print setting on a printing unit based on print setting information including post-processing setting information indicating setting of post-processing to be performed on a medium on which the image is printed based on image data included in a print job, and cause a processor to perform a print control function that causes the printing unit to print two or more designated print jobs among a plurality of print jobs, wherein

• when n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of an n-th print job as an n-th print target by the printing unit among the two or more print jobs is an n-th image, and
• an image printed on the medium based on image data of a (n+1)-th print job as a (n+1)-th print target by the printing unit among the two or more print jobs is a (n+1)-th image, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the n-th print job is n-th post-processing setting information, and
• the post-processing setting information associated with the (n+1)-th print job is (n+1)-th post-processing setting information,
• the print control function compares the n-th post-processing setting information with the (n+1)-th post-processing setting information to determine whether or not setting of the post-processing needs to be changed, and changes the print setting so as not to print information based on the post-processing setting information set to be printed at a position between the n-th image and the (n+1)-th image on the medium as the print setting for the printing unit when the setting of the post-processing does not need to be changed.