Patent ID: 11934728
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. Printing apparatus comprising:
a user interface configured to receive a user's input operation;
a display;
a printing device configured to print an image on a sheet;
a storage device configured to store a print job; and
a controller, wherein
the controller is configured to execute
print job display processing of displaying print jobs stored in the storage device on the display,
print job selection processing of selecting one or more print jobs among the print jobs displayed by the print job display processing by the input operation received via the user interface,
holding selection processing of displaying a selection screen for selecting whether storage of the print job selected by the print job selection processing is to be held in the storage device or deleted from the storage device after completion of printing, and allowing holding or deletion of the storage of the print job to be selected by the input operation received via the user interface,
print processing of printing an image based on the print job selected by the print job selection processing on a sheet using the printing device,
hold processing of holding the storage of the print job for which the print processing is completed in the storage device when holding of the storage of the print job is selected by the holding selection processing, and
deletion processing of deleting the storage of the print job for which the print processing is completed from the storage device when deletion of the storage of the print job is selected by the holding selection processing,

the print job for which holding of the storage of the print job is selected by the holding selection processing is stored in the storage device in association with a holding flag,
when the holding flag is associated with the print job stored in the storage device, the print job is not deleted from the storage device at a predetermined automatic deletion timing, and
when the holding flag is not associated with the print job stored in the storage device, the print job is deleted from the storage device at the predetermined automatic deletion timing.