US 12,285,958 B2
Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium
Hiroyuki Shioiri, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,109.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202432 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182481 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/21 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/2132 (2013.01) [B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); G06F 3/1224 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus to which a consumable part filled with a printing material can be detachably attached, so as to perform printing according to a color mode setting by use of the printing material filled in the consumable part whose type differs according to a contract, the printing apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set a contract status, based on information related to the contract;
a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a set color mode;
a second obtainment unit configured to obtain the type of mounted consumable part which corresponds to the contract status; and
a print control unit configured to control printing by allowing or restricting the printing, based on the contract status that is set by the setting unit, the color mode that is obtained by the first obtainment unit, and the type of consumable part that is obtained by the second obtainment unit.