Printing control apparatus, printing apparatus, printing control method, printing control program, and medium for recording the printing control program

A printing control apparatus that receives a printing command associated with a printing operation and image data extending over a plurality of pages of a print target and exercise paper-feeding control based on the printing command received, to a printing apparatus equipped with a paper feeding tray for stocking a plurality of sheet-like recording media,

• the printing command including a standby specification command for allowing a print-standby condition to be specified with respect to the image data on a page-by-page basis,
• wherein the printing command includes a medium condition setting command for setting a medium condition as to a sheet-like recording medium,
• the printing control apparatus comprising:
• copy number specification means for giving an instruction to the printing apparatus to print a plurality of sets of copies;
• detection means for detecting an instruction to resume printing which is on standby because of specification of the print-standby condition by the standby specification command;
• and
• control means for controlling the printing apparatus in such a way that print standby is effected with respect to one of a plurality of image-data pages the first copy that has been subjected to print-standby specification in the first place by the standby specification command, and, after a print resumption instruction is detected, only when the page to which standby has been specified in the first place by the standby specification command and pages subsequent thereto are equal in condition setting by the medium condition setting command, automatically controlling the printing apparatus such that print standby is not effected with respect to the image-data pages of the second and later copies even if standby is specified by the standby specification command.

A printing control method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a printing command associated with a printing operation and image data extending over a plurality of pages of a print target;
• and
• exercising paper-feeding control based on the printing command received, to a printing apparatus equipped with a paper feeding tray for stocking a plurality of sheet-like recording media,
• wherein the printing command includes a standby specification command for allowing a print-standby condition to be specified with respect to the image data on a page-by-page basis,
• wherein the printing command includes a medium condition setting command for setting a medium condition as to a sheet-like recording medium,
• the printing control method further comprising the steps of:
• controlling the printing apparatus such that print standby is effected with respect to one of a plurality of image-data pages that has been subjected to print-standby specification in the first place by the standby specification command;
• and
• after a print resumption instruction for standby print is detected, only when the page to which standby has been specified in the first place by the standby specification command and pages subsequent thereto are equal in condition setting by the medium condition setting command, automatically controlling the printing apparatus such that print standby is not effected with respect to the image-data pages of the second and later copies even if standby is specified by the standby specification command.

A printing control method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a printing command associated with a printing operation and image data extending over a plurality of pages of a print target;
• and
• exercising paper-feeding control based on the printing command received, to a printing apparatus equipped with a paper feeding tray for stocking a plurality of sheet-like recording media,
• wherein the printing command includes a standby specification command for allowing a print-standby condition to be specified with respect to the image data on a page-by-page basis,
• wherein the printing command includes a medium condition setting command for setting a medium condition as to a sheet-like recording medium,
• the printing control method further comprising the steps of:
• when printing of a plurality of sets of copies is instructed, controlling the printing apparatus such that print standby is effected with respect to one of a plurality of image-data pages for the first copy that has been subjected to print-standby specification in the first place by the standby specification command;
• and
• after an instruction to resume printing on standby has been detected, only when the page to which standby has been specified in the first place by the standby specification command and pages subsequent thereto are equal in condition setting by the medium condition setting command, automatically controlling the printing apparatus such that print standby is not effected with respect to the corresponding page for the second and later copies even if standby is specified by the standby specification command.