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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2008
Masayuki Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus operable to perform printing and connected to a control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store paper information including paper identification information and paper attribute information, an identification unit configured to identify alternate paper information corresponding to paper information from the paper information stored in the storage unit based on paper attribute information included in the paper information corresponding to identification information transmitted from the control apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit identification information included in the alternate paper information identified by the identification unit as alternate identification information to the control apparatus.