Patent ID: 8134722
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a first control unit configured to cause a printing unit to perform a first trial-printing of one set of a job requiring printing of a plurality of sets each having a plurality of pages in accordance with a printing condition; and a second control unit configured to cause the printing unit to perform a second-trial printing of part of the plurality of pages of one set of the job, in accordance with the printing condition, wherein the first control unit causes, if the printing condition is not changed after the first 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 printing condition, without a user intervention of changing the number of print sets, and causes, if the printing condition is changed after the first trial-printing is performed, the printing unit to perform printing from a first page of the one set of the job in accordance with the changed printing condition, without a user intervention of changing the number of print sets, and wherein the second control unit causes, if the printing condition is changed after the second trial-printing is performed, the printing unit to perform printing from the first page of the one set of the job in accordance with the changed printing condition, without a user intervention of changing the number of print sets, and causes, even if the printing condition is not changed after the second trial-printing is performed, the printing unit to perform printing from the first page of the one set of the job in accordance with the printing condition, without a user intervention of changing the number of print sets.