Printing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285739-B2
Application number	US-201514707104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A printing apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes an assigning unit configured to assign the original images of a plurality of pages to the obverse surfaces and reverse surfaces of a plurality of sheets in the page order. The printing apparatus further includes a printing control unit configured to, when reverse order output of the original images of the plurality of pages is instructed, control to print the original images of the plurality of pages from a sheet to which the assigning unit assigns the original image of the final page out of the plurality of pages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing, comprising:
an assigning unit configured to assign original images of a plurality of pages to front and back surfaces of each of a plurality of sheets, wherein assignment of the original images is performed, in both of a case of normal order output being instructed and a case of reverse order output being instructed, in turn from a first page of the plurality of pages, and a blank page is assigned when a number of consecutive pages of a same size is an odd number; and
a printing control unit configured to, when the normal order output is instructed, control to print the original images from a sheet to which the assigning unit assigns an original image of the first page out of the plurality of pages, and when the reverse order output is instructed, control to print the original images from a sheet to which the assigning unit assigns an original image of a final page out of the plurality of pages,
wherein printing of the original images is performed based on a result of the assignment in which the original images are assigned in turn from the first page of the plurality of pages, in both of the case of the normal order output being instructed and the case of the reverse order output being instructed.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the assigning unit is configured not to assign, of the original images of the plurality of pages, images of different sizes to a single sheet.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit configured to store imposition information representing a surface to which the assigning unit assigns each of the original images,
wherein when the reverse order output is instructed, the printing control unit controls to print, in accordance with the imposition information stored in the storage unit, the original images from a sheet to which the assigning unit assigns the original image of the final page out of the plurality of pages.

4. A control method for controlling a printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing, comprising:
assigning original images of a plurality of pages to front and back surfaces of each of a plurality of sheets, wherein assignment of the original images is performed, in both of a case of normal order output being instructed and a case of reverse order output being instructed, in turn from a first page of the plurality of pages, and a blank page is assigned when a number of consecutive pages of a same size is an odd number;
when the normal order output is instructed, controlling to print the original images from a sheet to which an original image of the first page out of the plurality of pages is assigned; and
when the reverse order output is instructed, controlling to print the original images from a sheet to which an original image of a final page out of the plurality of pages is assigned,
wherein printing of the original images is performed based on a result of the assignment in which the original images are assigned in turn from the first page of the plurality of pages, in both of the case of the normal order output being instructed and the case of the reverse order output being instructed.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for controlling a printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing, the program including:
assigning original images of a plurality of pages to front and back surfaces of each of a plurality of sheets, wherein assignment of the original images is performed, in both of a case of normal order output being instructed and a case of reverse order output being instructed, in turn from a first page of the plurality of pages, and a blank page is assigned when a number of consecutive pages of a same size is an odd number;
when the normal order output is instructed, controlling to print the original images from a sheet to which an original image of the first page out of the plurality of pages is assigned; and
when the reverse order output is instructed, controlling to print the original images from a sheet to which an original image of a final page out of the plurality of pages is assigned,
wherein printing of the original images is performed based on a result of the assignment in which the original images are assigned in turn from the first page of the plurality of pages, in both of the case of the normal order output being instructed and the case of the reverse order output being instructed.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Miyajima Jun

Classifications

• G03G15/231 Primary

  Arrangements for copying on both sides of a recording or image-receiving material · CPC title

• H04N2201/0082

  Image hardcopy reproducer (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence) · CPC title

• B41L39/16

  Programming systems for automatic control of sequence of operations · CPC title