Patent · US Expired

Method of printing on both sides of sheet without using a both side printing mechanism and an apparatus for use therewith

US6377356B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 17, 1998
Grant dateApr 23, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0088
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing control method causes a printer to print data of even pages on one side of respective recording media, thereafter causes the printer to print data of odd pages, except for the last page if it is an odd page, on the other side of the recording medium, on one side of which the data of the even pages were printed and which were manually set in the sheet feeding device by an operator, and thereafter causing the printer to print data of the last page on a recording medium different from the recording media, on one side of which the data of even pages are printed and which were manually set in the sheet feeding device by the operator, if the last page is an odd page.

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