Printing apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control method therefor

• US 20050276641A1
• Filed: 06/09/2005
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Morita, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 7,660,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 399/382
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/655 Placing job divider sheet between set of sheets
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host

Abstract

When no blank page is to be printed (S407) and an interleave page is to be output before or after a page to be printed (S405), if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output following the page to be output are blank pages (S406, S408), the page to be output and the interleave page are not printed out (S409).

Claims

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

first holding means for holding first setting data indicating whether or not to print a blank page;

second holding means for holding second setting data indicating whether or not to output an interleave page; and

printing means for printing out a page to be printed and an interleave page in accordance with the setting data held by said first holding means and second holding means,

wherein when a setting made by the first setting data indicates inhibition of printing of a blank page and a setting made by the second setting data indicates that an interleave page is to be output, if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output before or after the page to be printed are blank pages, said printing means do not print out the page to be printed and the interleave page.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a setting made by the first setting data indicates inhibition of printing of a blank page and a setting made by the second setting data indicates that an interleave page is to be output, if a page to be printed is a blank page and contents to be printed on all interleave pages are the same, said printing means do not print out the page to be printed and the all the interleave pages.

3. An information processing apparatus comprising:

first holding means for holding first setting data indicating whether or not to print a blank page;

second holding means for holding second setting data indicating whether or not to output an interleave page; and

control means for outputting a page to be printed and an interleave page to a printing apparatus in accordance with the setting data held by said first holding means and second holding means,

wherein when a setting made by the first setting data indicates inhibition of printing of a blank page and a setting made by the second setting data indicates that an interleave page is to be output, if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output before or after the page to be printed are blank pages, said control means do not output the page to be printed and the interleave page to the printing apparatus.

4. A control method for a printing apparatus, comprising:

a first holding step of causing first holding means to hold first setting data indicating whether or not to print a blank page;

a second holding step of causing second holding means to hold second setting data indicating whether or not to output an interleave page; and

a printing step of printing out a page to be printed and an interleave page in accordance with the setting data held by in the first holding step and second holding step,

wherein in the printing step, when a setting made by the first setting data indicates inhibition of printing of a blank page and a setting made by the second setting data indicates that an interleave page is to be output, if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output before or after the page to be printed are blank pages, the page to be printed and the interleave page are not printed out.

5. A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a first holding step of causing first holding means to hold first setting data indicating whether or not to print a blank page;

a second holding step of causing second holding means to hold second setting data indicating whether or not to output an interleave page;

-and

a control step of controlling output of a page to be printed and an interleave page to a printing apparatus in accordance with the setting data held by the first holding means and second holding means,

wherein in the control step, when a setting made by the first setting data indicates inhibition of printing of a blank page and a setting made by the second setting data indicates that an interleave page is to be output, if both a page to be printed and an interleave page to be output before or after the page to be printed are blank pages, the page to be printed and the interleave page are not output to the printing apparatus.

6. A program for causing a computer to execute a control method defined in claim 5.

7. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program defined in claim 6.