Apparatus and method for printing on and cutting a continuous sheet

摘要

A printing apparatus, including: a printing unit configured to print a plurality of images on a continuous sheet; and a cutting unit configured to cut the continuous sheet per each of the images, wherein, when printing images, information indicating a value obtained by counting the number of the cut sheets cut by the cutting unit is recorded in an area other than the image on the continuous sheet.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive image data for printing; a determination unit configured to determine whether an image to be printed is a unit image or a maintenance pattern image; a counting unit configured to count a number of sheets each time the unit image or the maintenance pattern image is printed, a printing control unit configured to cause a print unit to print a plurality of images on the continuous sheet, the plurality of images including the unit image based on the received image data and the maintenance pattern image; and a cutting control unit configured to cause a cutting unit to cut the continuous sheet per each of the plurality of images,
wherein the printing control unit is configured to cause the print unit to print information indicating the counted number of sheets in a margin area of the maintenance pattern image if the determination unit determines the image to be printed is the maintenance pattern image,wherein the printing control unit is configured to cause the print unit not to print information indicating the counted number of sheets in the unit image if the determination unit determines the image to be printed is the unit image, andwherein the printing control unit is configured to cause the print unit to print first information indicating the counted number of sheets in the margin area of a first maintenance pattern image, not to print first information indicating the counted number of sheets in the unit image, and to print second information indicating the counted number of sheets in the margin area of a second maintenance pattern image if the first maintenance pattern image and the second maintenance pattern image are printed and the unit image is printed between the first maintenance pattern image and the second maintenance pattern image, the numbers of the sheet indicated by the first information and the number of the sheets indicated by the second information are discontinuous.