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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Ato Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Ato Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a controller; and an engine including a first printing unit and a second printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units includes a data management unit configured to manage a piece of image data transferred from an upper level apparatus, one or more output units, and an output control unit configured to output an image based on the piece of image data to one of the one or more output units. The controller is configured to receive control information indicating a printing condition from the upper level apparatus, produce print management tables for the respective pieces of image data, on the basis of the control information, cause the upper level apparatus to transfer the pieces of image data to the data management units on the basis of the print management tables, respectively.