Patent ID: 8823975
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus that receives a print instruction to create a print product including a plurality of constituent parts and has a plurality of paper discharge destinations the apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine, when a plurality of copies of the print product are printed, a first number of copies of the print product to be discharged to a single paper discharge destination based on an output number of sheets of a constituent part and an upper limit number of sheets loadable by the single paper discharge destination, such that the constituent part is not divided and discharged to separate paper discharge destinations; a second determination unit configured to determine a second number of copies of the print product to be discharged to a paper discharge destination other than the single paper discharge destination based on the output number of sheets of the constituent part and a maximum number of sheets to be fed to a finisher to be used for creating the print product; a comparison unit configured to compare the first and second numbers of copies; and a control unit configured to control, as a result of the comparison, to print out the plurality of constituent parts according to the first number of copies in a case where the first number of copies is less than the second number of copies and to print out the plurality of constituent parts according to the second number of copies in a case where the first number of copies is more than the second number of copies, wherein the control unit controls to output the plurality of constituent parts to the respective different paper discharge destinations according to a type of each constituent part.