Patent ID: 9370951
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing control apparatus for printing an image on a type of recording medium of a plurality of types of recording mediums set in any of a plurality of storage units, in which conveyance distances of a recording medium to a printing position are different from each other, by conveying the recording medium to the printing position, the printing control apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine a cumulative used amount for each type of recording medium; a second determination unit configured to determine, if a recording medium set in any one of the plurality of the storage units has run out, whether a cumulative used amount for a type of the recording medium which has run out is larger than a cumulative used amount for a different type of recording medium among the plurality of types of recording mediums determined by the first determination unit, based on the cumulative used amounts determined by the first determination unit; and a control unit configured to guide an operator to set the type of recording medium which has run out, to a storage unit among the plurality of storage units, so that a higher used type of recording medium among the plurality of types of recording mediums is set in a storage unit having shorter conveyance distance of the recording medium to the printing position among the plurality of the storage units based on a determination result by the second determination unit.