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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00426 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1264 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G03G 15/5083 (2013.01); G03G 15/502 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00109 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G03G 15/5087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print controller and method which include: a first step of waiting until one or more post-treatment functions is selected, or until a start instruction is entered; a second step of determining whether a specified post-treatment function of the post-treatment functions is selected, when the start instruction is detected; and a third step of enabling one or more of resource saving functions to be selected only if the specified post-treatment function is not selected, and of starting printing if another start instruction is detected after enabling the resource saving functions to be selected.