Patent ID: 6332170
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A printing apparatus comprising:an automatic sheet feeder for housing a sheet to be printed on and feeding said sheet automatically;a manual sheet feeder which allows a user to manually set a sheet to be printed on when necessary;a receiving section for receiving and accumulating a plurality of print jobs transmitted from one or more external devices, said print jobs including a first print job with specific attribute information added thereto and a second print job with no specific attribute information added thereto;an operation input unit for inputting an instruction to execute said first print job by operation of a user; anda controller for executing said second print job in the order of accumulation in said receiving section, and for, when the instruction is input through said operation input unit, suspending the execution of said second print job and executing said first print job;wherein said controller executes said first print job only when the instruction is input through said operation input unit, and said specific attribute information indicates that said manual sheet feeder is the first to feed a sheet for said first print job.