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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Hideyuki Okada, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Ushiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Okada, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Ushiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system capable of increasing the working efficiency of an operator engaged in a post-process necessary after printing can be provided. For this purpose, the user interface unit can execute a display which allows the operator to explicitly input, for each job, instruction information in consideration of a post-process necessary after a printing process in a job requiring a printing process by a printing apparatus in a printing system capable of stacking, on a stacking unit, printed materials having undergone the printing process. When the job to be processed is a job for which the operator inputs the instruction information via the display, printed materials of the job for which the operator inputs the instruction information are stacked on the stacking unit while the printed materials are classified every printed materials on the basis of the instruction information input by the operator for the job.