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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Toru Wakana, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Wakana, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The printing apparatus discharges, to a discharge unit, the sheet bearing the image printed by the print operation. The printing apparatus controls to execute sample printing according to accept a sample printing request during the print operation, and discharge a page obtained by the sample printing to a discharge destination different from the discharge unit. The printing apparatus discharges, to a second discharge location different from a first discharge location, a sheet subsequent to the sheet discharged to the first discharge location, according to accept the sample printing request during a print operation during which the sheet discharge unit discharges a sheet to the first discharge location of the discharge unit.