Patent ID: 8208150
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which receives a print job, and performs a print on the basis of the print job, comprising: a non-support function detecting section for detecting an instruction to request use of a non-supported function which is not supported by the printing apparatus; a calculating section for calculating information for determining a number of times an instruction that requests use of the non-supported function is detected by the non-support function detecting section; a print allowance/disallowance judging section for judging whether the print of the print job is allowed or disallowed, the print being allowed when the determined number of times does not exceed a threshold value greater than zero, the print being disallowed when the determined number of times exceeds the threshold value; and a printing section that prints a modified version of the print job that has the non-supported function eliminated when the print is judged to be allowed, and not printing when the print is judged to be disallowed.