Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKouichi Unno
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a CPU that determines whether or not to use operation information included in paper information received from another printing apparatus. If it is determined to use the operation information, the received paper information is registered as the paper information of Type 2. In addition, the CPU included in the printing apparatus selects one of a plurality of pieces of paper information and controls a printer unit such that the printer unit performs a printing process in an operating state based on the operation information included in the selected piece of paper information.
Claims19
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to perform a printing process of printing on paper on the basis of the print data;
- a receiving unit configured to receive paper information and apparatus information from another printing apparatus, the paper information including operation information regarding operating conditions of the printing unit for use in the printing process using paper, the apparatus information identifying said other printing apparatus;
- a first determining unit configured to determine, on the basis of the apparatus information received by the receiving unit, whether or not to enable use of the paper information;
- a registering unit configured to enable use of the paper information by registering the paper information including the operation information if the first determining unit determines that the paper information should be enabled;
- a selecting unit configured to select one of a plurality of pieces of the paper information registered by the registering unit;
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- a control unit configured to control the printing unit such that the printing unit performs the printing process using operating conditions based on the operation information included in the piece of the paper information selected by the selecting unit.
A printing apparatus configured to transmit paper information to another printing apparatus, comprising:
- a registering unit configured to enable use of the paper information, the paper information including characteristic information representing characteristics of paper used in the printing process and operation information regarding an operating state of a printing unit in the printing process using the paper;
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- a transmitting unit configured to perform one of a first transmitting process of transmitting the paper information including the characteristic information and the operation information to said other printing apparatus and a second transmitting process of transmitting paper information which includes the characteristic information and does not include the operation information to said other printing apparatus.
A printing method for a printing apparatus including a printing unit for performing a printing process of printing on a paper sheet, the printing method comprising:
- receiving paper information and apparatus information from another printing apparatus, the paper information including operation information regarding operating conditions for use by the printing unit in the printing process using paper, the apparatus information identifying said another printing apparatus;
- determining, on the basis of the received apparatus information, whether or not to enable use of the paper information received from said another printing apparatus;
- enabling use of the paper information by registering the paper information including the operation information if the paper information is determined to be registered;
- selecting one of a plurality of pieces of the registered paper information;
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- controlling the printing unit such that the printing unit performs the printing process according to operating conditions based on the operation information included in the selected piece of the paper information.
A method for a printing apparatus that transmits paper information to another printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of pieces of paper information, which paper information includes characteristics information representing characteristics of paper used in the printing process and operation information regarding operating conditions for use by the printing unit during the printing process using paper;
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- performing one of a first transmitting process of transmitting the paper information including the characteristic information and the operation information to said other printing apparatus and a second transmitting process of transmitting paper information which includes the characteristic information and does not include the operation information to said other printing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.