Patent ID: 9223276
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a paper holding unit; a storage unit configured to store paper information including name information indicating a paper name and attribute information indicating paper attributes; a display unit configured to display a setting screen for setting the paper information for the paper holding unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether an instruction input via the setting screen is a first instruction to set the paper information, which is selected by a user from among a plurality of pieces of paper information stored in the storage unit for the paper holding unit or a second instruction to generate new paper information and set the generated new paper information for the paper holding unit; a generating unit configured to generate the new paper information including name information and attribute information if the determination unit determines that the second instruction has been input; a setting unit configured to set the paper information, which is selected by the user from among the plurality of pieces of paper information stored in the storage unit, for the paper holding unit if the determination unit determines that the first instruction has been input, and configured to set the new paper information generated by the generating unit for the paper holding unit if the determination unit determines that the second instruction has been input ;and a deletion unit configured to delete the new paper information generated by the generating unit if execution of a job using a paper indicated by the new paper information has been completed.