Printer, printing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A printing method comprising:

• receiving print data described in a page description language;
• detecting a predetermined specific command from the received print data, the print data corresponding to plural copies;
• and
• if the specific command is detected, performing control to sort a printout of a print data portion behind a copy of the plural copies having the detected specific command from a printout of a print data portion ahead of another copy of the plural copies having the detected specific command, wherein the plural copies are sorted without an expectation of a rotated output, thereby reducing a number of the plural copies that have the predetermined specific command.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• receiving print data described in a page description language;
• detecting a predetermined specific command from the received print data, the print data corresponding to plural copies;
• and
• if the specific command is detected, performing control to sort a printout of a print data portion behind a copy of the plural copies having the detected specific command from a printout of a print data portion ahead of another copy of the plural copies having the detected specific command, wherein the plural copies are sorted without an expectation of a rotated output, thereby reducing a number of the plural copies that have the predetermined specific command.