Print control apparatus and method for printing images on a continuous sheet
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRuriko Mikami
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Abstract
A print control apparatus and method for determining a sheet size specified by a first print job and a sheet size specified by a second print job, deciding on a sheet width usable by the first print job and a sheet width usable by the second print job based on determined respective sheet sizes, deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on the decided respective sheet widths, and printing an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the decided sheet width.
Claims14
A print control apparatus capable of causing a printing unit to perform printing on a continuous sheet, the apparatus comprising:
- a determination unit configured to determine a sheet size specified by a first print job, and a sheet size specified by a second print job;
- a first decision unit configured to decide on at least one sheet width usable by the first print job and at least one sheet width usable by the second print job based on respective sheet sizes determined by the determination unit;
- a second decision unit configured to decide on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on both the sheet width usable by the first print job and the sheet width usable by the second print job decided on by the first decision unit so that the first print job and the second print job can be printed on the same continuous sheet;
- a print control unit configured to perform control such that the printing unit prints an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job continuously on a same continuous sheet having a sheet width decided on by the second decision unit;
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- at least one processor configured to perform a functionality of at least one of the determination unit, the first decision unit, the second decision unit, and the print control unit,
- wherein the first decision unit adds a sheet width that is larger than a width of a sheet size determined by the determination unit as one of the usable sheet widths.
A print control method comprising:
- a determining step of determining a sheet size specified by a first print job, and a sheet size specified by a second print job;
- a first deciding step of deciding on at least one sheet width usable by the first print job and at least one sheet width usable by the second print job based on the respective sheet sizes determined in the determining step;
- a second deciding step of deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job on based on the sheet widths decided on in the first deciding step so that the first print job and the second print job can be printed on the same continuous sheet;
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- a print controlling step of performing control such that a printing unit prints an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job continuously on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the sheet width decided on in the second deciding step,
- wherein a sheet width that is larger than a width of the sheet size determined in the determining step is added as one of the usable sheet widths in the first deciding step.
A computer readable storage medium storing a computer executable program for causing a computer to execute a print control method, the method comprising:
- a determining step of determining a sheet size specified by a first print job, and a sheet size specified by a second print job;
- a first deciding step of deciding on at least one sheet width usable by the first print job and at least one sheet width usable by the second print job based on the respective sheet sizes determined in the determining step;
- a second deciding step of deciding on a sheet width of a continuous sheet to be used by the first print job and the second print job based on the sheet widths decided on in the first deciding step so that the first print job and the second print job can be printed on the same continuous sheet;
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- a print controlling step of performing control such that a printing unit prints an image based on the first print job and an image based on the second print job continuously on a continuous sheet supplied from a sheet supplying unit that supplies a continuous sheet having the sheet width decided on in the second deciding step,
- wherein a sheet width that is larger than a width of the sheet size determined in the determining step is added as one of the usable sheet widths in the first deciding step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.