Printing control apparatus that controls printing order

摘要

A printing apparatus includes an input unit, a specifying unit, a storing unit, a printing unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The specifying unit specifies a number of sheets for printing image data pieces of a plurality of pages. The receiving unit receives a binding process execution instruction. When the sheets are printed in the reverse order and the printed sheets are bound, the printing unit had started the reverse order printing after all the image data pieces were stored. When (i) the sheets are to be printed in the reverse order and the binding process is set to be executed and (ii) it is determined, while the storing unit is storing the image data pieces, that the specified number of sheets exceeds the number of sheets that can be bound, the printing unit starts printing in the page order before all the image data pieces are stored.

主权项

1. A printing control apparatus comprising:
an input unit configured to input image data pieces of a plurality of pages; a storing unit configured to store the image data pieces input by the input unit; a determining unit configured to determine whether post processing has been designated for a first position on a sheet or a second position on the sheet; and a control unit configured to control a printing unit such that at least timing of start of printing and print order of the plurality of pages depend on whether a number of sheets to be used for printing exceeds a number of sheets on which the post processing is performable, wherein, in a case where it is determined by the determining unit that post processing has been designated for the second position and, until storing of all of the image data pieces in the storing unit is completed, it is judged that a number of sheets to be used for printing does not exceed a number of sheets on which the post processing is performable, the control unit is configured to control the printing unit to start printing the plurality of pages from a last page among the plurality of pages after the storing of all of the image data pieces in the storing unit is completed, and wherein, in a case where it is determined by the determining unit that post processing has been designated for the second position and, until storing of all of the image data pieces in the storing unit is completed, it is judged that a number of sheets to be used for printing exceeds a number of sheets on which the post processing is performable, the control unit is configured to control the printing unit to start printing the plurality of pages from a first page among the plurality of pages before the storing of all of the image data pieces in the storing unit is completed.