Patent ID: 8693017
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing system having a printing unit, the printing system comprising: a memory; a microprocessor connected to the memory, which stores instructions that cause the microprocessor to execute: a first control task that performs a first trial-printing or a second trial-printing, the first trial-printing being performed by the printing unit, by which one set of a job requiring printing of a plurality of sets each having a plurality of pages in accordance with a job processing condition is performed, the second trial-printing mode being performed by the printing unit, by which part of the plurality of pages of the one set of the job is performed in accordance with the job processing condition; a second control task that causes, after trial-printing is performed, the printing unit to perform printing of remaining set of the plurality of sets not printed by the first trial-printing in accordance with the job processing condition, without a user intervention of changing a number of print sets; a third control task that causes, after the second trial-printing mode is performed, the printing unit to perform printing from a first page of the one set of the job in accordance with the job processing condition, without a user intervention of changing the number of print sets; and a fourth control task that restricts performing of the second-trial printing and permits performing of the first-trial printing in a case where the job processing condition includes a predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition for performing double-sided printing, a condition for performing a reduced layout, or a condition for performing a binding process.