Patent ID: 9164709
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives print data; an analysis unit that analyzes each page included in a single reception of the received print data; a determining unit that determines whether a plurality of page sets are included in the single reception of the received print data or no page sets are included in the single reception of the received print data, wherein different sheet processes can be designated to each of the a plurality of page sets; a control unit that controls, based on a result of a determination by the determining unit, (i) not to start printing of the received print data until a predetermined number which is more than one of pages included in the single reception of the received print data are analyzed by the analysis unit and to start printing of the received print data after the predetermined number of pages included in the received print data are analyzed by the analysis unit in a case where it is determined that the plurality of page sets are included in the single reception of the received print data, and (ii) to start printing of the received print data before the predetermined number of pages included in the single reception of the received print data are analyzed by the analysis unit in a case where it is determined that no page sets are included in the single reception of the received print data.