Patent ID: 7983585
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising: a job receiving unit that receives a printing job; a printing unit that performs printing on a paper sheet based at least in part on the printing job; a reversing mechanism unit that reverses the paper sheet for which printing on a first printing side has been finished by the printing unit and transports the paper sheet again to the printing unit in order for printing to be performed on a second printing side thereof; a printing control unit that executes double-sided printing control of the printing job received by the job receiving unit by performing, between printing on the first printing side of the paper sheet and printing on the second printing side thereof, printing on the first printing side of a next paper sheet; a determination unit that determines, before printing on the next paper sheet, that there is a request to print on the next paper sheet and whether processing of print data for the next paper sheet has been completed; and a standby control unit that causes the printing unit to delay a printing process on the second printing side of the paper sheet until printing on the first printing side of the next paper sheet is finished if it is determined by the determination unit that the processing of print data for the next paper sheet has not been completed.