Printing apparatus and communication apparatus

A printing apparatus for printing a plurality of pictures on a plurality of printing areas obtained by sectioning a print sheet, the printing apparatus comprising:

• a picture receiving unit operable to receive a plurality of pictures to be printed;
• a print setting input unit operable to receive from a user an input of a print setting for specifying a sectioning method;
• a printing unit operable to print the received pictures on print sheets according to the print setting;
• a print control unit operable to have the printing unit stand by for printing the pictures until the pictures are received by the number corresponding to the number of printing areas obtained by sectioning the print sheet.

A printing apparatus of a printing system comprising a communication apparatus for receiving data containing either of picture data and video data and the printing apparatus for printing the received data,

• wherein a printing command for the received data is inputted after setting the printing apparatus to print the data received in the communication apparatus each time when the data is selected and continue printout and temporary stop of paper forwarding until a print ending command is received, and
• the printing apparatus includes:
• a detecting unit operable to detect a temporary stop command for temporarily stopping a printing;
• and
• a control unit operable to control paper forwarding, which accompanies printing, for temporarily stopping the paper forwarding when the temporary stop command is detected by the detecting unit.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a receiving unit operable to receive print control data containing a temporary stop command for temporarily stopping a printing;
• a detecting unit operable to detect the temporary stop command;
• and
• a control unit operable to control paper forwarding, and
• wherein the temporary stop command is detected from the print control data by the detecting unit, and print processing is performed based on the print control data so that the temporary stop of printing is performed by the control unit based on the detected temporary stop command.

A communication apparatus for receiving data containing either of picture data and video data, the communication apparatus comprising:

• an accepting unit operable to receive a command of whether to validate temporary stop command of printing or not;
• a creating unit operable to create print control data containing a temporary stop command of printing according to the print data when temporary stop command is valid;
• and
• a sending unit operable to send the print control data to a printing apparatus.

A printing method for printing a plurality of pictures on a plurality of printing areas obtained by sectioning a print sheet, the printing method comprising:

• a picture receiving step for receiving a plurality of pictures to be printed;
• a print setting input step for receiving from a user an input of a print setting for specifying a sectioning method of a print sheet;
• a printing step for printing the received pictures on print sheets according to the print setting;
• a print control step for standing by for the reception of the pictures in the picture receiving step, executing a printing of the pictures in the printing step when the pictures are received by the number printable in the predetermined printing areas and standing by again;
• a paper forwarding control step for temporarily stopping paper forwarding of the print sheet while the print control step is standing by.

A program for a printing apparatus which prints a plurality of pictures on a plurality of printing areas obtained by sectioning a print sheet, the program causing a computer to execute:

• a picture receiving step for receiving a plurality of pictures to be printed;
• a print setting input step for receiving from a user an input of a print setting for specifying a sectioning method of a print sheet;
• a printing step for printing the received pictures on print sheets according to the print setting;
• a print control step for standing by for the reception of the pictures in the picture receiving step, having the printing step execute printing of the pictures when the pictures are received by the number printable in the predetermined printing areas and standing by again;
• and
• a paper forwarding control step for temporarily stopping paper forwarding of the print sheet while the print control step is standing by.