Patent ID: 9290012
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B41J,G03G,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A print control apparatus configured to cause a printing unit to print page images on a first surface and a second surface of a continuous sheet that is on an opposite side of the first surface, the print control apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a first print job and a second print job, wherein each print job includes a sheet type and a plurality of page images; a determination unit configured to determine whether a first sheet type of the first print job and a second sheet type of the second print job are the same; a print control unit configured to cause the printing unit to continuously print page images on the continuous sheet based on the determination result by the determination unit; and a cut control unit configured to cause a cutting unit to cut the continuous sheet after a page image has been printed on the first surface and before a page image is printed on the second surface, wherein, in response to the determination unit determining that the first sheet type of the first print job and the second sheet type of the second print job are the same, (i) the print control unit causes the printing unit to continuously print a page image of the second print job on the first surface of the continuous sheet adjacent to a page image of the first print job already printed on the first surface of the continuous sheet, (ii) the cut control unit causes the cutting unit to cut the continuous sheet after printing a page image of the second print job on the first surface of the continuous sheet, and then (iii) the print control unit causes the printing unit to print a page image of the second print job and then continuously print a page image of the first print job on the second surface of the continuous sheet so that a second surface page image and a first surface page image are aligned to one another, and wherein, in response to the determination unit determining that the first sheet type of the first print job and the second sheet type of the second print job are not the same, (i) the print control unit causes the printing unit not to continuously print a page image of the second print job on the first surface of the continuous sheet adjacent to a page image of the first print job already printed on the first surface of the continuous sheet, (ii) the cut control unit causes the cutting unit to cut the continuous sheet after printing a page image of the first print job and before printing a page image of the second print job, and then (iii) the print control unit causes the printing unit to print a page image of the first print job on the second surface of the continuous sheet; and at least one processing unit, wherein at least one of the receiving unit, the determination unit, and the print control unit is implemented by the at least one processing unit.