US 12,032,862 B2
Method and device for printing variable copies of a plurality of pages in a document
Roshini Aithal, Karnataka (IN); and Pradeepa Siddappa, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/357,971.
Application 18/357,971 is a continuation of application No. 17/691,827, filed on Mar. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,755,261.
Claims priority of application No. 202141027794 (IN), filed on Jun. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367521 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1205 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1258 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 3/1276 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for printing pages in a document, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, a user command including (i) a first page subset selection identifying (a) one or more first pages of the document and (b) a first print setting for the one or more first pages and (ii) a second page subset selection identifying (a) one or more second pages of the document different than the one or more first pages and (b) a second print setting for the one or more second pages, wherein the user command includes a string of characters, and wherein the string of characters includes (i) a first page range representing the one or more first pages modified by the first print setting representing a first modification to the first page range and (ii) a second page range representing the one or more second pages modified by the second print setting representing a second modification to the second page range;
acquiring, by the one or more processors, content regarding the one or more first pages and the one or more second pages of the document; and
instructing, by the one or more processors, a printer to print the content such that the one or more first pages of the document are printed in accordance with the first print setting and the one or more second pages of the document are printed in accordance with the second print setting in a single printing process in response to the user command.