Printing apparatus, controlling method thereof, and recording medium storing print controlling program

A print controlling method for effecting printing of print data on a sheet in accordance with a setting to the print data, said method comprising the steps of:

• discharging sheets on one of a plurality of loading means;
• detecting a load on each of said loading means;
• determining whether or not the load on a currently used loading means will exceed a predetermined maximum permissible load on the basis of a result of the detection, if another set of sheets following the currently being printed set is discharged to said loading means, during the printing operation a plurality of sets of sheets to be outputted;
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• reducing the number of sheets to be discharged to said loading means and then, discharging the sheets to said loading means, automatically, regardless of a setting to the print data, when said determining step determines that said loading means is going to be made full, on the basis of the result of the detection.

A recording medium for storing a control program for executing a print control program by a computer, said control program for effecting printing of print data on a sheet in accordance with a setting to the print data, and said program comprising the steps of:

• discharging sheets on one of a plurality of loading means;
• detecting a load on each of said loading means;
• determining whether or not the load on a currently used loading means will exceed a predetermined maximum permissible load on the basis of a result of the detection, if another set of sheets following the currently being printed set is discharged to said loading means, during the printing operation of a plurality of sets of sheets to be outputted;
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• reducing the number of sheets to be discharged to said loading means and then, discharging the sheets to said loading means, automatically, regardless of a setting to the print data, when said determining step determines that said loading means is going to be made full, on the basis of the result of the detection.

A recording medium for storing a control program for executing a print control program by a computer, said control program for effecting printing of print data on a sheet in accordance with a setting to the print data, and said program comprising the steps of:

• discharging sheets on one of a plurality of loading means;
• determining whether or not the load on a currently used loading means will exceed a predetermined maximum permissible load on the basis of a result of the detection, if another set of sheets following the currently being printed set is discharged to said loading means, during the printing operation of a plurality of sets of sheets to be outputted;
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• reducing the number of sheets to be discharged to said loading means and then, discharging the sheets to said loading means, automatically, regardless of a setting to the print data, when said determining step determines that said loading means is going to be made full, on the basis of the result of the detection.

A printing apparatus for effecting printing of print data on a sheet in accordance with a setting to the print data, said apparatus comprising:

• image forming means for forming an image on a sheet;
• discharging means for discharging the image formed sheet to a loading means capable of storing a plurality of sheets;
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• control means for reducing the number of sheets to be discharged to said loading means and then discharging the sheets to the loading means, automatically, regardless of a setting to the print data, in accordance with information representing a state of the loading means.