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PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

  • US 20090160117A1
  • Filed: 12/15/2008
  • Published: 06/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:

  • an input unit configured to input a print job;

    a plurality of sheet stacking units configured to hold sheets stacked thereon;

    a printing unit configured to perform printing processing on a sheet fed from at least one of the plurality of sheet stacking units in accordance with the print job;

    a first storage unit configured to store first characteristic value information representing characteristic values of the sheets stacked on the plurality of sheet stacking units;

    a second storage unit configured to store second characteristic value information representing a characteristic value of sheets usable in the printing processing performed in accordance with a specific print job;

    a selection unit configured to select, in a case where the specific print job is input by the input unit, one of the plurality of sheet stacking units on which sheets having the characteristic value represented by the second characteristic value information stored in the second storage unit are stacked in accordance with the first characteristic value information and the second characteristic value information; and

    a controller configured to control the printing unit so that a sheet is fed from the sheet stacking unit selected by the selection unit and the printing unit executes the specific print job.

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