Printing using multiple paper feeders

A data processing apparatus which outputs a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders, comprising:

• a job generation unit configured to generate a print job containing current print settings as a target print job;
• a history obtaining unit configured to obtain, among print settings contained in a print job output before the target print job, a paper setting associated with a paper feeder as history information;
• a history determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting which is contained in the history information obtained by said history obtaining unit and corresponds to a paper setting contained in the target print job is associated with a paper feeder different from a paper feeder designated by print settings contained in the target print job;
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• a job control unit configured to stop or continue a print process in accordance with a user instruction when said history determination unit determines that the paper setting is associated with the different paper feeder,
• wherein the printing apparatus comprises a selection unit configured to select a paper feeder,
• wherein the data processing apparatus further comprises
• a print setting unit configured to accept designation of a specific paper feeder or a paper feeder selected by the selection unit as a paper feeder used in the target print job that is one item of the print settings, and
• a selection determination unit configured to determine whether the designation by said print setting unit indicates a paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus, and
• when said selection determination unit determines that the designation by said print setting unit indicates the paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus, said history determination unit determines the paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus as a paper feeder designated by the print settings contained in the target print job;
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• a paper feeder determination unit configured to, when said selection determination unit determines that the designation by said print setting unit indicates the paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus, determine whether a paper setting associated with the paper feeder corresponds to a paper setting contained in the target print job,
• wherein when said paper feeder determination unit determines that the paper setting associated with the paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus corresponds to the paper setting contained in the target print job, the print process continues without interrupting the print process, and when said paper feeder determination unit determines that the paper setting associated with the paper feeder selected by the selection unit of the printing apparatus does not correspond to the paper setting contained in the target print job, said history determination unit performs determination.

A print job control method in a data processing apparatus which outputs a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders, comprising:

• a job generation step of generating a print job containing current print settings as a target print job;
• a history obtaining step of obtaining, among print settings contained in a print job output before the target print job, a paper setting associated with a paper feeder as history information;
• a history determination step of determining whether a paper setting which is contained in the history information obtained in the history obtaining step and corresponds to a paper setting contained in the target print job is associated with a paper feeder different from a paper feeder designated by print settings contained in the target print job;
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• a job control step of stopping or continuing a print process in accordance with a user instruction when the paper setting is determined in the history determination step to be associated with the different paper feeder;
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• a correspondence determination step of determining whether either or both of a paper settings and pieces of user information which are contained in the history information obtained by said history obtaining unit correspond with each other respectively, wherein both the paper settings and the pieces of user information are associated with respective paper feeders,
• wherein when said correspondence determination step determines that either or both of the paper settings and the pieces of user information correspond to each other, the print process continues without interrupting the print process, otherwise, said history determination step performs determination.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which records a program for causing a computer to execute a method of outputting a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders, the method comprising:

• a job generation step of generating a print job containing current print settings as a target print job;
• a history obtaining step of obtaining, among print settings contained in a print job output before the target print job, a paper setting associated with a paper feeder as history information;
• a history determination step of determining whether a paper setting which is contained in the history information obtained in the history obtaining step and correspond to a paper setting contained in the target print job is associated with a paper feeder different from a paper feeder designated by print settings contained in the target print job;
• a job control step of stopping or continuing a print process in accordance with a user instruction when the paper setting is determined in the history determination step to be associated with the different paper feeder;
• and a correspondence determination step of determining whether user settings which are contained in the history information and associated with respective paper feeders correspond to each other, wherein the history information contains user information associated with a paper feeder instead of the paper setting associated with the paper feeder, and wherein said history determination step determines whether user information which is contained in the history information obtained by said history obtaining step and corresponds to user information contained in the target print job is associated with a paper feeder different from the paper feeder designated by print settings contained in the target print job, and wherein when said correspondence determination step determines that the user settings correspond to each other, the print process continues without interrupting the print process, otherwise, said history determination step performs determination.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that has recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute a method of outputting a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders, the method comprising:

• a first determination step of determining whether or not a paper feeding method of a target print job is set to comply with a setting of the printing apparatus;
• a history obtaining step of obtaining history information associated with the paper feeders, which contains paper information of respective feeders when it is determined that the paper feeding method of the target job complies with the setting of the printing apparatus;
• a second determination step of determining whether or not the paper information contained in the history information of a selected paper feeder selected by the printing apparatus, which is obtained by said history obtaining step is coincident with a setting for paper included in the target print job;
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• a job control step of stopping or continuing processing for the target print job in response to an instruction by a user when the paper information contained in the history information of a selected paper feeder selected by the printing apparatus is determined not to be coincident with the setting for paper included in the target print job by said second determination step.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that has recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute a method of outputting a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeder, the method comprising:

• a first determination step of determining whether or not a paper feeding method of a target print job is set to comply with a setting of the printing apparatus;
• a history obtaining step of obtaining history information associated with the paper feeders, which contains paper information of respective feeders when it is determined that the paper feeding method of the target job complies with the setting of the printing apparatus;
• a second determination step of determining whether or not the paper information contained in the history information of a non-selected paper feeder that is not selected by the printing apparatus, which is obtained by said history obtaining step is coincident with a setting for paper included in the target print job;
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• a job control step of stopping or continuing processing for the target print job in response to an instruction by a user when the paper information contained in the history information of the non-selected paper feeder is determined to be coincident with the setting for paper included in the target print job by said second determination step.