Patent ID: 6789962
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing apparatus for printing a plurality of pictures on a plurality of printing areas obtained by sectioning a print sheet, said printing apparatus comprising:a picture receiving unit operable to receive a plurality of pictures to be printed; a printing unit operable to print a received picture on a respective printing area among the plurality of printing areas; a print control unit operable to stand by until said picture receiving unit receives a picture among the plurality of pictures to be printed when all the pictures to be printed in the plurality of printing areas have not been received by said picture receiving unit, to cause said printing unit to execute printing of the pictures when a number of pictures that are received correspond to a number that are printable in the predetermined printing areas, and to stand by again; and a paper forwarding control unit operable to temporarily stop paper forwarding of the print sheet partway through the print sheet at a top of a printing area in which a picture is not yet printed while said print control unit is standing by after printing on the respective printing area among the plurality of printing areas is terminated.