Printing apparatus and printing method
First Claim
1. A printing apparatus which feeds plural kinds of print media and prints an image on the fed print medium, comprising:
- a plurality of feed means for feeding the print media via different channels;
storage means for storing a table that indicates a correspondence between print medium types and said plurality of feed means;
input means for inputting, from an external apparatus, print data and a type of print medium to be used for print;
selection means for selecting appropriate feed means from said plurality of feed means on the basis of the print medium type input by said input means and the table stored in said storage means;
display means for displaying a message to prompt a user to set a print medium on the selected feed means on the basis of a selection result of said selection means;
confirmation means for confirming whether or not the print medium is set in accordance with the message displayed on said display means; and
print means for printing an image on the set print medium by using the print data input by said input means on the basis of a confirmation result of said confirmation means.
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Abstract
In a conventional printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feed ports, since a paper type limits the paper feed port usable for paper feed, a user must know in advance a paper feed port to set a paper sheet. This arrangement is not user-friendly. A printing apparatus according to the present invention, however, holds table information indicating the correspondence between paper types and paper feed ports usable for paper feed. When a paper type is designated together with input print data, information on a paper feed port usable for paper feed is acquired from the table information. A message is displayed to prompt the user to set a paper sheet on the paper feed port usable for paper feed so that the user can set an appropriate paper sheet.
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11 Claims
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1. A printing apparatus which feeds plural kinds of print media and prints an image on the fed print medium, comprising:
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a plurality of feed means for feeding the print media via different channels; storage means for storing a table that indicates a correspondence between print medium types and said plurality of feed means; input means for inputting, from an external apparatus, print data and a type of print medium to be used for print; selection means for selecting appropriate feed means from said plurality of feed means on the basis of the print medium type input by said input means and the table stored in said storage means; display means for displaying a message to prompt a user to set a print medium on the selected feed means on the basis of a selection result of said selection means; confirmation means for confirming whether or not the print medium is set in accordance with the message displayed on said display means; and print means for printing an image on the set print medium by using the print data input by said input means on the basis of a confirmation result of said confirmation means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A printing method of a printing apparatus which includes a plurality of feed means for feeding plural kinds of print media via different channels and prints an image on the print medium fed by any one of the plurality of feed means, comprising steps of:
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storing a table that indicates a correspondence between print medium types and the plurality of feed means; inputting, from an external apparatus, print data and a type of print medium to be used for print; selecting appropriate feed means from the plurality of feed means on the basis of the table and the print medium type input in the input step; displaying a message to prompt a user to set a print medium on the selected feed means on the basis of a selection result in the selection step; confirming whether or not the print medium is set in accordance with the message displayed in the display step; and printing an image on the set print medium by using the input print data on the basis of a confirmation result in the confirmation means.
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