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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Applicant:
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling image processing comprises means for receiving printing jobs, means for spooling the jobs received, means for joining jobs to make a plurality of the printing jobs retained in the spooling means one printing job by joining them, and means for transferring the joined printing job to a printer side. With a structure thus arranged, the various processes, which have been applied per job in a conventional art, can be applied to a plurality of printing jobs as a whole by joining and regarding them as one job.