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US 8,939,539 B2Granted
Print control apparatus and method for printing on a continuous sheet
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiya Fujinaga
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSeiya Fujinaga
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Whether a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of first print data and a continuous sheet usable for printing on the basis of second print data are the same or not is determined. If it is determined that they are the same, an image based on the first print data and an image based on the second print data are printed continuously on a continuous sheet. When an image based on the second print data is arranged at an end of a continuous sheet, the second print data is assigned to the beginning of print data to be printed on another continuous sheet.
A print control apparatus capable of causing a printing unit to print on a continuous sheet, the apparatus comprising:
A print control method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program, the program comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a print control apparatus and method for printing on a continuous sheet.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration of an image forming apparatus which is an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration relating to control in the image forming apparatus in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing according to this embodiment.
An Embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to drawings. The relative configurations and device forms of the components of an apparatus according to the embodiment are for illustration purposes only, and the present invention is not limited thereto only.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration of an image forming apparatus which is an example of a print control apparatus according to an embodiment. The image forming apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 only has a printing function of printing data received from an external apparatus but may be, without limiting thereto, one which functions as a copy machine further including a reader which scans an image on a copy or a multifunction apparatus further including other functions.
A roll sheet will be described as an example of a recording material (recording medium or recording paper) to be printed. The roll sheet is an example of a continuous sheet, the continuous sheet may not be wound on a roll. The continuous sheet may be automatically cut by an image forming apparatus or may be cut in accordance with a manual instruction by a user. The recording material is not limited to paper, but various materials may be used if they are printable. The image forming apparatus may not only print a continuous sheet but also print pre-cut sheets having a predetermined size.