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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a retaining unit to retain one or more print jobs, an input unit configured to input (a) a joining instruction that specifies a plurality of print jobs among the print jobs retained by the retaining unit and that instructs joining of the plurality of specified print jobs into one joint print job, and (b) a joint print attribute for the one joint print job, and an applying unit to apply the joint print attribute to execute printing for the one joint print job based on the plurality of print jobs specified by the joining instruction input by the input unit.