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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Noriyuki Sai, Nagano, JP;
Yasuhiro Oshima, Nagano, JP;
Yoshihisa Motominami, Nagano, JP;
Tomohiro Takahashi, Nagano, JP;
Noriyuki Sai, Nagano, JP;
Yasuhiro Oshima, Nagano, JP;
Yoshihisa Motominami, Nagano, JP;
Tomohiro Takahashi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The printing apparatus of the present invention comprises a scanner unit for reading an image in an original; an instruction unit for receiving an instruction from a user and instructing operation of reading the image with the scanner unit; and a printer unit for printing the image that has been read on a medium. In the printing apparatus of the present invention, each reading operation with the scanner unit is started by receiving an instruction from the user with the instruction unit when the reading operation is to be performed with the scanner unit for a plurality of number of times and a plurality of the images that have been read are to be printed in their respective predetermined positions on the medium. The printing apparatus makes it possible to perform N-up printing of a new procedure that is different from conventional N-up printing.