PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS

摘要

A printing apparatus distinguishes whether image data of a page included in print data is color or monochrome, determines whether image data of a page generated based on print data is color or monochrome, and changes from a color print mode to a monochrome print mode based on a result of the distinguishing and a result of the determination.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus operable to perform a print in a color print mode and to perform a print in a monochrome print mode, the apparatus comprising:
a generation unit configured to generate image data based on print data; a distinguishing unit configured to distinguish whether image data of a page included in the print data is color or monochrome; a determination unit configured to determine whether image data of a page generated by the generation unit is color or monochrome; and a change unit configured to change from the color print mode to the monochrome print mode based on a result of the distinguishing by the distinguishing unit and a result of the determination by the determination unit.