Patent ID: 7440709
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing system adapted to cause a printing apparatus to execute a double-sided printing operation, the system comprising: an acceptor adapted to receive a user request associated with a double-sided printing job from a user via a user interface unit; and a controller adapted to cause the printing apparatus to execute a series of double-sided printing operations for the job using a function in a case that the user request is a specific user request about the function, the function being adapted to adjust misalignment about a printing position of first and second sides of a printed medium, wherein said controller is adapted to cause the printing apparatus to execute a series of double-sided printing operations for the job by using the function after a specific double-sided printing operation is executed by the printing apparatus, and wherein said controller is adapted to cause the printing apparatus to execute a series of double-sided printing operations for the job by using the function when an amount of misalignment about the printing position of first and second sides of a printed result obtained by the specific double-sided printing operation exceeds a predetermined value.