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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Applicant:
Takahiro Hagiwara, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Hagiwara, Chiba, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kiasha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A program execution unit of an MFP apparatus does not use a preset priority for each kind of job or a print estimated time with low precision. Instead, the program execution unit controls a print order of pages of print images, which are generated by each job, so as to maximize the operation rate of a print engine. Printed matters, which include pages of respective jobs in a mixed fashion, are sorted according to jobs in a subsequent stage. Thereby, grouping, which is similar to the prior art, is executed, thereby realizing a print control which requires no exceptional operation.