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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1996
Kazuyuki Mitome, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuyoshi Tokunaga, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus, which includes document data management unit 3 for receiving from a computer document data 5 to be printed and for storing and managing the document data 5, printing unit 1 for printing, on a predetermined sheet of paper, the document data 5 that is output by the document data management unit 3, and document sorting unit 2 for sorting and discharging, onto a sorting tray 22, the sheet of paper that is printed by the printing unit 1, includes: arrangement and editing unit 4 for each destination, for receiving and storing page data for each destination, for employing the page data to calculate a printing number required for each page of a document and for employing the sorting tray 22 for each destination, whereby a printed sheet of a necessary page is discharged onto the sorting tray 22.