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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A feed instruction apparatus includes a reception unit and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a print job for printing an image on a plurality of recording media. The transmission unit transmits, upon reception of the print job, a plurality of feed instructions for feeding two or more recording media of a number smaller than a total number of recording media subjected to printing based on the one received print job. Each time the feed instruction is received by a feeding unit, recording medium of a number based on the received feed instruction are fed one by one to a conveyance unit by the feeding unit. In processing the one print job, an image based on the one print job is printed on the recording media by a printing unit. The recording media is configured to be conveyed via the conveyance unit based on the plurality of feed instructions.