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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Norio Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Yasuzaki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Taketoshi Kusakabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Fukushima, Mitaka, JP;
Masaki Tanabe, Sagamihara, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus performs printing based on a print job and determines whether printing for a first print job and a second print job having been received after the first print job can be made continuously based on a progress of printing for the first print job. In a case where it is determined that the printing for the first print job and the second print job can be made continuously, print media to be used for printing for the second print job is fed to a conveyance path before completing outputting printouts for the first print job.