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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichiro Maekawa
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A printing apparatus includes an image forming unit which has an image carrier for holding an image, operates in a first image forming mode to form an image for a single page on the image carrier and in a second image forming mode to form images for a plurality of pages on the image carrier, and performs image formation in one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode. The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving printing data from an external device, a unit for analyzing the printing data to obtain image data and image forming condition information in units of page, and a control unit for selecting one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode depending on the image forming condition information, thereby rendering the image formation to be performed in the selected mode. A control method for the printing apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for the printing apparatus are also provided.
A printing apparatus including image forming means which has an image carrier for holding an image, operates in a first image forming mode to form an image for a single page on said image carrier and in a second image forming mode to form images for a plurality of pages on said image carrier, and performs image formation in one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode, said printing apparatus comprising:
A control method for a printing apparatus including image forming means which has an image carrier for holding an image, operates in a first image forming mode to form an image for a single page on said image carrier and in a second image forming mode to form images for a plurality of pages on said image carrier, and performs image formation in one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode, said control method comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium storing a control program for a printing apparatus including image forming means which has an image carrier for holding an image, operates in a first image forming mode to form an image for a single page on said image carrier and in a second image forming mode to form images for a plurality of pages on said image carrier, and performs image formation in one of the first image forming mode and the second image forming mode, said control program containing:
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