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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
Akihiko Noda, Hino, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus prints a plurality of data sets, each being composed of a plurality of pages, to a plurality of paper discharging device. The printing apparatus includes: a plurality of paper discharging device; a determining device that determines whether or not the load of a currently using paper discharging outlet exceeds the maximum permissible load (Smax), if another set of paper sheets following the currently being printed set is discharged to the paper discharging device during the printing operation of a plurality of sets of paper to be outputted, by comparing the maximum permissible load (Smax) and the result of the (Bnow+1) X Pdata, wherein Bnow indicates the number of data sets currently being printed out and Pdata indicates how many pages one data consists of; a control device that, when the first determining device determines that the load of a currently using paper discharging outlet exceeds the maximum permissible load, discharges the next set to another loadable paper discharging device, and stops the currently performing printing operation when it is judged that there is no other loadable paper discharging device.