Print system, print control apparatus and computer readable medium storing program

1. A print system comprising:

a first printer that performs printing on continuous-form paper;

a second printer that performs printing on the continuous-form paper printed by the first printer based on a sensor in the second printer detecting a mark printed by the first printer;

a measuring unit that measures a paper length between the first printer and the second printer;

a calculator that calculates a post-conveyance amount as a distance to convey the continuous-form paper after the printing, for the first printer or the second printer, based on the paper length measured by the measuring unit; and

a conveyance operation controller that controls post-conveyance operations in the first printer and the second printer based on the post-conveyance amount calculated by the calculator.

2. The print system according to claim 1 , wherein when it is instructed by a setting unit to maintain a current length as the paper length between the first printer and the second printer, the calculator calculates the post-conveyance amounts for the first printer and the second printer so as to set a difference between the post-conveyance amount for the first printer and the post-conveyance amount for the second printer as the paper length measured by the measuring unit.

3. The print system according to claim 1 , wherein the calculator obtains a sum of a first set value previously-set as the paper length between the first printer and the second printer and a second set value previously-set as the paper length between the second printer and a post processor, as the post-conveyance amount for the first printer, and

obtains a length by subtracting a difference between the paper length measured by the measuring unit and the first set value from the second set value, as the post-conveyance amount for the second printer.

4. A print system comprising:

a first printer that performs printing on continuous-form paper;

a second printer that performs printing on the continuous-form paper printed by the first printer;

a calculator that calculates a post-conveyance amount as a length to convey the continuous-form paper after the printing, for the first printer or the second printer; and

a conveyance operation controller that controls post-conveyance operations in the first printer and the second printer based on the post-conveyance amount calculated by the calculator,

the calculator obtaining a sum of a first set value previously-set as a paper length between the first printer and the second printer and a second set value previously-set as a paper length between the second printer and a post processor, as the post-conveyance amount for the first printer, and

a setting unit configured to set the second set value as the post-conveyance amount for the second printer.

5. A print control apparatus comprising:

a measuring unit that measures, based on a sensor in a second printer detecting a mark printed by a first printer, a paper length between the first printer to perform printing on continuous-form paper and the second printer to perform printing on the continuous-form paper printed by the first printer;

a calculator that calculates a post-conveyance amount as a distance to convey the continuous-form paper after the printing, for the first printer or the second printer, based on the paper length measured by the measuring unit; and

a conveyance operation controller that controls post-conveyance operations in the first printer and the second printer based on the post-conveyance amount calculated by the calculator.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a computer program causing a computer to execute a process for print control, the process comprising:

measuring, based on a sensor in a second printer detecting a mark printed by a first printer, a paper length between the first printer to perform printing on continuous-form paper and the second printer to perform printing on the continuous-form paper printed by the first printer;

calculating a post-conveyance amount as a distance to convey the continuous-form paper after the printing, for the first printer or the second printer, based on the measured paper length; and

controlling post-conveyance operations in the first printer and the second printer based on the calculated post-conveyance amount.