Patent ID: 9340051
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B41J,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a setting of test print; a control unit configured to perform control to print an image as a mirror image on a second side of a transparent sheet if the reception unit does not receive the setting of the test print, and perform control to feed an alternative sheet instead of the transparent sheet to print the image as a normal image on a first side of the alternative sheet if the reception unit receives the setting of the test print; and a determination unit configured to determine whether two-sided printing is set, wherein the control unit performs control to combine an image for a first side of the transparent sheet as a normal image and an image for the second side of the transparent sheet as a normal image, and to print the combined image on the first side of the alternative sheet, if the reception unit receives the setting of the test print and the determination unit determines that the two-sided printing is set.