Patent ID: 7787136
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B41J,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a receiving section which receives normal printing jobs including printing instructions for normal paper sheets only and special printing jobs including printing instructions for normal paper sheets and at least one page of a tab paper sheet; a storage section which stores the received printing jobs for holding the special printing jobs; a printing section which executes the normal printing jobs upon receiving the normal printing jobs; a display section which displays a list of the special printing jobs; an input section which accepts a printing job selected by a user from the displayed list; and a control section which prevents the printing section from printing any of the received special printing jobs that are stored in the storage section until the input section receives a selection made by the user for printing one or more of the received special printing jobs, extracts from the storage section the selected special printing job if the input section receives the selection, and causes the printing section to execute the selected special printing job if the tab paper sheet is set in a paper feed section, and, if the tab paper sheet is not set, controls the display section to display an operation guide to urge the setting of the tab paper sheet in the paper feed section.