# US 9,436,415 B2 · Print control apparatus, print system, print control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,436,415 B2 - Document ID: US9436415B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/702,144 - Filed: 2015-05-01 - Published: 2016-06-16 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-15 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yasushi Saito; Takeshi Naminoue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9436415B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1208: {resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview} - G06F 3/121: {Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted} - G06F 3/1234: {Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting (G06F3/1261 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/125: {Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A print control apparatus includes a print instruction unit that instructs a printer to print data on a medium, and a resume instruction unit that, in response to an interruption occurring in a printing operation after the printer has printed a first portion of the print data onto the medium, instructs the printer to start resuming the printing operation subsequent to a clearance of the interruption with the printing operation of a third portion of the print data subsequent to a second portion onto the medium if a predetermined condition to validate the printing operation of the second portion of the print data subsequent to the first portion is satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A print control apparatus including at least one processor, the apparatus comprising: at least one memory comprising computer executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor configured to read and execute the computer executable instructions to implement: a print instruction unit configured to instruct a printer to print data on a medium; and a resume instruction unit configured to, in response to an interruption occurring in a printing operation after the printer has printed a first portion of the print data onto the medium, instruct the printer to resume the printing operation, subsequent to a clearance of the interruption with the printing operation of a third portion of the print data subsequent to a second portion onto the medium, which is not discharged from the printer, if a predetermined condition to validate the printing operation of the second portion of the print data subsequent to the first portion is satisfied, wherein the second portion of the print data is a portion of the print data that is printed on a corrected page indicated by a corrected printed page count. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print instruction unit is configured to instruct the printer to print the print data by transmitting, to the printer, print instruction data that instructs the printer to print the print data onto the medium, and wherein the resume instruction unit is configured to instruct the printer to resume the printing operation by retransmitting to the printer a part of the print instruction data that instructs the printer to print the third portion of the print data after instructing the printer to delete the print instruction data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print instruction unit is configured to instruct the printer to print the print data by transmitting, to the printer, print instruction data that instructs the printer to print the print data onto the medium, and wherein the resume instruction unit is configured to instruct the printer to resume the printing operation in response to a part of the print instruction data that instructs the printer to print the third portion of the print data after instructing the printer to suspend the printing operation responsive to the print instruction data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The print control apparatus according to claim 1, the resume instruction unit is configured to instruct the printer to resume the printing operation to print the second portion of the print data onto the medium subsequent to the clearance of the interruption if the predetermined condition is not satisfied. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is that the printing operation is interrupted by an occurrence of a fault in medium transportation at a particular location opposed to a discharge location where the medium having the first portion of the print data printed thereon is discharged, with respect to a transit position of the medium being transported and having the second portion of the print data printed thereon. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The print control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the particular location is a transfer location where a printing agent for use in the printing operation is transferred to the medium, and wherein the resume instruction unit is configured to use as the second portion a number of pages that fit in a distance between the transfer location defined in advance with respect to information related to the medium used in the printing operation and the discharge location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The print control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the particular location is a transfer location where a printing agent for use in the printing operation is transferred to the medium, and wherein the resume instruction unit is configured to use as the second portion a number of pages that fit in a distance between the transfer location and the discharge location defined in advance on the printer, the number of pages being determined by a page length of the medium in a transport direction used in the printing operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The print control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the resume instruction unit is configured to use as the second portion a number of pages that fit in a distance between the transfer location and the discharge location and are determined by a page length of the medium in a transport direction used in the printing operation. ### Claim 9 A print system comprising: a printer configured to perform a printing operation; and a print control apparatus including at least one processor, the apparatus configured to control the printing operation of the printer, wherein the print control apparatus includes at least one memory comprising computer executable instructions, and wherein the at least one processor configured to read and execute the computer executable instructions to implement: a print instruction unit that is configured to instruct the printer to print print data on a medium, and a resume instruction unit that, in response to an interruption occurring in a printing operation after the printer has printed a first portion of the print data onto the medium, is configured to instruct the printer to resume the printing operation subsequent to a clearance of the interruption with the printing operation of a third portion of the print data subsequent to a second portion onto the medium, which is not discharged from the printer, if a predetermined condition to validate the printing operation of the second portion of the print data subsequent to the first portion is satisfied, wherein the second portion of the print data is a portion of the print data that is printed on a corrected page indicated by a corrected printed page count. ### Claim 10 A print control method comprising: instructing, performed by at least one processor, a printer to print data on a medium; and in response to an interruption occurring in a printing operation after the printer has printed a first portion of the print data onto the medium, instructing, performed by the at least one processor, the printer to resume the printing operation subsequent to a clearance of the interruption with the printing operation of a third portion of the print data subsequent to a second portion onto the medium, which is not discharged from the printer, if a predetermined condition to validate the printing operation of the second portion of the print data subsequent to the first portion is satisfied, wherein the second portion of the print data is a portion of the print data that is printed on a corrected page indicated by a corrected printed page count. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for controlling a printer, the process comprising: instructing, performed by at least one processor, the printer to print data on a medium; and in response to an interruption occurring in a printing operation after the printer has printed a first portion of the print data onto the medium, instructing, performed by the at least one processor, the printer to resume the printing operation, subsequent to a clearance of the interruption with the printing operation, of a third portion of the print data subsequent to a second portion onto the medium, which is not discharged from the printer, if a predetermined condition to validate a printing operation of the second portion of the print data subsequent to the first portion is satisfied, wherein the second portion of the print data is a portion of the print data that is printed on a corrected page indicated by a corrected printed page count.