Patent ID: 9275313
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B41J,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus capable of printing an image on an envelope of plural sizes, comprising: a holding unit, constructed to be capable of holding an envelope; an accepting unit, constructed to accept, based on that an envelope is set on the holding unit, a specific a size of an envelope and a length of a flap of an envelope from a user via an operation unit; a storing unit, constructed to store, in a memory, the size and the length accepted by the accepting unit in association with the holding unit; a printing unit, constructed to print the image on the envelope held by the holding unit, based on the size and the length stored in the memory; and a clearing unit constructed to clear, based on that the envelope held by the holding unit runs out, an association of the size and the length stored in the memory with the holding unit, wherein after the association of the size and the length stored in the memory with the holding unit is cleared by the clearing unit, the size and the length are still stored in the memory in association with each other, wherein the accepting unit is further constructed to, in a case where an envelope is set on the holding unit and a size of an envelope accepted from a user matches the size stored in the memory, provide to a user the length that is stored in the memory in association; wherein at least a part of the accepting unit, the storing unit, the printing unit and the clearing unit is implemented by a processor executing computer executable code stored in the memory.