Patent ID: 8139238
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B41J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus which outputs a print job to a printing apparatus with a plurality of paper feeders, comprising: a job generation unit configured to generate a print job containing current print settings as a target print job; a history obtaining unit configured to obtain, among print settings contained in a print job output before the target print job, a paper setting associated with a paper feeder as history information; a history determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting which is contained in the history information obtained by said history obtaining unit and corresponds to a paper setting contained in the target print job is associated with a paper feeder different from a paper feeder designated by print settings contained in the target print job; a job control unit configured to stop or continue a print process in accordance with a user instruction when said history determination unit determines that the paper setting is associated with the different paper feeder, wherein the history information contains user information associated with a paper feeder in addition to the paper setting associated with the paper feeder; and a correspondence determination unit configured to determine whether either or both of a paper settings and pieces of user information which are contained in the history information obtained by said history obtaining unit correspond with each other respectively, wherein both the paper settings and the pieces of user information are associated with respective paper feeders, wherein when said correspondence determination unit determines that either or both of the paper settings and the pieces of user information correspond to each other, the print process continues without interrupting the print process, otherwise, said history determination unit performs determination.