Patent ID: 8755075

Claim:
A control apparatus to control a processing apparatus for processing recording media, the control apparatus comprising: a counting unit configured to count a number of recording media processed by the processing apparatus for each processing; a storage unit configured to store medium number information indicating a number of recording media processable altogether by the processing apparatus; and a control unit configured to determine whether the number of recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information, and to change, in response to determining that the number of the recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information, the medium number information stored in the storage unit to expanded medium number information indicating a number of recording media that is larger than the number indicated by the stored medium number information and processable altogether by the processing apparatus, wherein the storage unit is configured to store, in response to (i) a job being input, (ii) the control unit determining whether the number of the recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information in processing of the job at the processing apparatus, and (iii) determining that the number of the recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information, history information indicating the reaching in association with the job, wherein the control unit determines, in response to determining that the number of the recording media counted by the counting unit reaches the number indicated by the medium number information, whether a number of pieces of history information stored in the storage unit has reached a prescribed number, and executes the change in response to determining that the number of pieces of history information has reached the prescribed number, wherein the control unit determines whether the user has operated a user interface for restoring the expanded medium number information to the medium number information, and restores the expanded medium number information stored in the storage unit to the medium number information in response to determining that the user has operated the user interface to restoring the information from the expanded medium number information to the medium number information, and wherein the control unit controls, in response to the change being executed and the expanded medium number information being restored to the medium number information, the processing apparatus to output a type of recording media that is different from the recording media.