Patent ID: 9377978
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit configured to store a first print job and a second print job which is to be executed after the first print job; a sheet processing unit configured to cause a sheet processing apparatus to execute gluing processing of sheets after the sheets are printed by execution of the first print job; a power supply control unit configured to heat a heater for melting glue to be used in the gluing processing; a determining unit configured to determine whether the second print job requires the gluing processing; and a judgment unit configured to judge whether the second print job is a print job to be executed within a predetermined range after the execution of the first print job, wherein in a case where the determining unit determines that the second print job requires the gluing processing and the judgment unit judges that the second print job is a print job to be executed within the predetermined range after the execution of the first print job, the power supply control unit continues heating the heater during a period between the gluing processing for the first print job and the gluing processing for the second print job to prevent glue melted by executing the gluing processing for the first print job from becoming solidified.