Patent ID: 9342771
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. A printer comprising: a plurality of paper feeding units including first and second paper feeding units; a display that displays a paper registration screen for registering attributes of paper that are associated with the paper feeding units; a printing mechanism that executes printing based on a printing job; a memory that stores the attributes of the paper that include a first attribute of paper associated with the first paper feeding unit and a second attribute of paper associated with the second paper feeding unit; and a controller that controls the printing mechanism to commence and execute the printing, when the attributes of the paper that are associated with the paper feeding units are confirmed, the controller storing in the memory the attributes of the paper that have been confirmed, the controller further controlling the printing mechanism to commence the printing, in a state where the paper registration screen for changing the first attribute of the paper is being displayed, by using the second attribute of the paper associated with the second paper feeding unit that is used for the printing job, when printing start conditions for using the second paper feeding unit are satisfied during a period in which the paper registration screen for changing the first attribute of the paper is being displayed, the display further continuing displaying the paper registration screen for changing the first attribute of the paper after the printing on the paper held in the second paper feeding unit by using the second attribute of paper has been completed, such that when the first attribute of the paper is changed to a third attribute of paper, the memory stores the third attribute of the paper that has been changed.