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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Toride, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Toride, JP;
Yasuo Fukatsu, Abiko, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for printing multiple copies of a document, the document having N (where N is an integer) pages, includes an image forming unit configured to print images on a plurality of sheets according to an input print job, a sheet stacking unit configured to stack sheets printed by the image forming unit, and a control unit configured to divide a print job which prints M (where M is an integer) copies of each of the N pages of the document into a plurality of print operations in a case where a group mode in which sheets are stacked into N groups, each group having M copies of a respective page of the document, is set in the print job, wherein each of the plurality of print operations is for printing less than M copies of each of the N pages of the document.