Patent ID: 7289239
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, connected to a host computer, for controlling image processing, said apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving one or more print jobs from the host computer, each print job including a plurality of logical pages and a logical page number indicating a number of logical pages to be arranged on one side of a print sheet, the logical page number being designated as a page layout; spool means for spooling the print jobs received by said reception means; input means for inputting a joining instruction that specifies a plurality of print jobs among the print jobs spooled by said spool means to be joined into one joint print job, and that instructs a logical page number indicating a number of logical pages to be arranged on one side of a print sheet as a page layout for the joint print job such that a plurality of pages of the one joint print job are printed on one side of a print sheet; joining means for, based on the joining instruction input by said input means, joining the specified print jobs into the one joint print job; and print means for printing the one joint print job joined by said joining means, wherein said joining means executes the joining process using the logical page number instructed as the page layout for the one joint print job without using the logical page numbers designated in the specified print jobs joined by said joining means.