US 12,271,639 B2
Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing control program for performing print job with desired print settings
Yoichi Mitsui, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,671.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-063079 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315350 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/1262 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory including instructions stored thereon, when executed by the one or more processors, configured to perform functions of:
a communication unit configured to receive print jobs from a user device;
a storage unit configured to accumulate the print jobs received by the communication unit in a reception order of the print jobs;
a printing unit configured to print the print jobs; and
a control unit, wherein the control unit:
acquires print setting information related to the print jobs from the user device via the communication unit, wherein the print setting information describes print settings collectively for the print jobs and identifies a print order,
performs collective setting of the print order and/or the number of print copies collectively for the print jobs accumulated in the storage unit in accordance with the print setting information, and
causes the printing unit to perform printing in accordance with the collective setting of the print jobs by following the print order regardless of the reception order of the print jobs.