Print job processing apparatus, print job processing method, image forming apparatus, and computer readable storage medium

A print job processing apparatus that processes print jobs for nesting printing, comprising:

• at least one memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor executing the instructions to:
• arrange images of received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet;
• calculate a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images;
• and
• in a case where an image of a newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, arrange the image of the newly-received print job at a position corresponding to subsequent main scanning.

A print job processing method of processing print jobs for nesting printing, the print job processing method comprising:

• arranging images of the received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet;
• calculating a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images;
• and
• replacing a replaceable image with an image of a newly-received print job in a case where the image of the newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, the replaceable image being an image included in the already-arranged images, and the replaceable image being such an image that the margin width after replacement of the replaceable image with the image of the newly-received print job is equal to or longer than zero and is shorter than the margin width before the replacement.

A print job processing method of processing print jobs for nesting printing, the print job processing method comprising:

• arranging images of the received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet;
• calculating a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images;
• and
• in a case where an image of a newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, arranging the image of the newly-received print job at a position corresponding to subsequent main scanning.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a print job processing method of processing print jobs for nesting printing, the print job processing method comprising:

• arranging images of the received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet;
• calculating a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images;
• and
• replacing a replaceable image with an image of a newly-received print job in a case where the image of the newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, the replaceable image being an image included in the already-arranged images, and the replaceable image being such an image that the margin width after replacement of the replaceable image with the image of the newly-received print job is equal to or longer than zero and is shorter than the margin width before the replacement.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a print job processing method of processing print jobs for nesting printing, the print job processing method comprising:

• arranging images of the received print jobs side by side in a width direction of a sheet;
• calculating a margin width of the sheet for already-arranged images;
• and
• in a case where an image of a newly-received print job is not arrangeable in a margin with the margin width calculated for the already-arranged images, arranging the image of the newly-received print job at a position corresponding to subsequent main scanning.