Patent ID: 8075211
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a printing unit that, after printing information across a plurality of pages, prints print result relevant information about printing of the plurality of pages on continuous forms paper following the plurality of pages; a holder unit that receives and holds the continuous forms paper printed by the printing unit in the same order in which the paper has been printed by the printing unit; a paper feeding unit that feeds the printed continuous forms paper which has been held in the holder unit in reverse order to the order in which the paper has been printed by the printing unit; a reading unit that reads the print result relevant information printed on the continuous forms paper fed by the paper feeding unit; and a post-processing unit that post-processes the continuous forms paper fed by the paper feeding unit, based on the print result relevant information read by the reading unit, the post-processing unit includes: the print result relevant information includes failure information, the failure information being of a type of failure of either an inter-job failure and intra-job failure, the type of failure information causing a specific operation for the post-processing unit, the print result relevant information also includes normal page information specific to normal pages which have been printed normally or failed page information specific to failed pages occurred during the printing, the failed page information includes reusable/not reusable information indicating whether the paper for the failed pages is reusable or not reusable, and the post-processing unit further includes a separating unit that separates the pages sorted as failed pages by the sorting unit into reusable pages and non-reusable pages, based on the print result relevant information read by the reading unit.