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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Toshiaki Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a print target document; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire update history information about update history of the document acquired by the first acquiring unit; a third acquiring unit configured to acquire print history information about print history of the document, a generating unit configured to generate print image data based on the document, a receiving unit configured to receive a command to print the document, an identifying unit configured to, when the receiving unit receives a command to print the document, identify, as print target image data, the print image data that includes an image of an updated page in the document, based on the update history information acquired by the second acquiring unit and layout information included in the print history information acquired by the third acquiring unit, out of the print image data generated by the generating unit; and a printing unit configured to execute printing based on the print image data identified by the identifying unit.