Printing system and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsuyoshi Mima
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Abstract
A printing system capable of executing printing using printing medias of different types is provided. In the system, a first designation unit designates a paper type used to print a first page group in a document. A selection unit selects paper types which can be used to print the second page group in the document from paper types available in the system based on the designated paper type. A second designation unit designates a paper type used to print the second page group from the selected paper types. Then, a printing unit prints the first page group on paper sheets of the type designated by the first designation unit, and prints the second page group on paper sheets of the type designated by the second designation unit.
Claims13
A printing system capable of executing printing using a plurality of printing media of different types, comprising:
- an input unit configured to input document data to be used for a printing apparatus to create a printing media bundle;
- a printing unit configured to print on the basis of the document data input from said input unit;
- a first designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of a main body of the printing media bundle used for printing a first page group included in the document data, from among a plurality of printing medium types;
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not each of the plurality of printing medium types is recommended for a cover of the printing media bundle based on the printing medium type of the main body of the printing medium bundle designated by the first designation unit;
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- a second designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle used for printing the second page group included in the document data from among the plurality of printing medium types, wherein the second page group does not include any page of the first page group,
- wherein the second designation unit inhibits a designation of the printing medium type which is determined not to be recommended by the determining unit.
A printing method using a printing apparatus capable of executing printing using a plurality of printing media of different types, comprising:
- an input step of inputting document data to be used for a printing apparatus to create a printing media bundle;
- a first designation step of designating a printing medium type of a main body of the printing media bundle used for printing a first page group included in the document data from among a plurality of printing medium types;
- a determining step of determining whether or not each of the plurality of medium types is recommended for a cover of the printing media bundle based on the printing medium type of the main body of the printing medium bundle designated in the first designation step;
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- a second designation step of designating a printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle used for printing the second page group included in the document data from among the plurality of printing medium types, wherein the second page group does not include any page of the first page group,
- wherein the second designation step inhibits a designation of the printing medium type which is determined not to be recommended in the determining step.
A printing system capable of executing printing using a plurality of printing media of different types, comprising:
- an input unit configured to input document data to be used for a printing apparatus to create a printing media bundle;
- a printing unit configured to print on the basis of the document data input from said input unit;
- a first designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of a main body of the printing media bundle used for printing a first page group included in the document data, from among a plurality of printing medium types;
- a second designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of a cover of the printing media bundle used for printing a second page group included in the document data from among the plurality of printing medium types, wherein the second page group does not include any page of the first page group;
- a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated by the second designation unit is recommended based on the printing medium type of the main body of the printing medium bundle designated by the first designation unit;
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- a warning unit configured to warn that the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated by the second designation unit is not recommended in a case where the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated by the second designation unit is determined not to be recommended by the determining unit.
A printing method for executing printing using a plurality of printing media of different types, comprising:
- an input step of inputting document data to be used for a printing apparatus to create a printing media bundle;
- a printing step of printing on the basis of the document data input in the input step;
- a first designation step of designating a printing medium type of a main body of the printing media bundle used for printing a first page group included in the document data, from among a plurality of printing medium types;
- a second designation step of designating a printing medium type of a cover of the printing media bundle used for printing a second page group included in the document data from among the plurality of printing medium types, wherein the second page group does not include any page of the first page group;
- a determining step of determining whether or not the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated in the second designation step is recommended based on the printing medium type of the main body of the printing medium bundle designated in the first designation step;
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- a warning step of warning that the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated in the second designation step is not recommended in a case where the printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle to be designated in the second designation step is determined not to be recommended in the determining step.
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