Data processing apparatus and image recording apparatus, method for controlling data processing apparatus and method for controlling image recording apparatus, and storage medium

Abstract

An image recording apparatus is shared by a plurality of users. A host computer obtains information concerning a sheet discharge bin of discrimination names and the like registered in the image recording apparatus by requested it to the image recording apparatus. A mail box sheet discharge designation screen, based on the obtained information concerning a sheet discharge bin, allows each user to designate a plurality of sheet discharge addresses for each page of printing data and the number of sheet discharge copies via the mail box sheet discharge designation screen. The host computer prepares a printing job by including instructions based on operations from users including each designation in one printing job and transmits the printing job to the image recording apparatus. The image recording apparatus prepares page information for a plurality of discrimination names designated by a page unit of printing data included in one printing job received from the host computer and, at the same time, retrieves a sheet discharge port in which a same discrimination name as the plurality of discrimination names to designate each retrieved sheet discharge port, and discharges the designated number of sheet discharge copies corresponding to each prepared page information.