PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit having a plurality of printing elements arranged in a conveyance direction of the printing sheet and configured to print the printing sheet; a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet fed after the preceding sheet overlap each other; a determination unit configured to determine, under a predetermined condition, whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet; and a printing control unit configured to control, based on a determination result of the determination unit, printing elements of the printing unit to be used.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a feeding unit configured to feed a printing sheet stacked on a stacking unit; a conveying unit configured to convey the printing sheet fed by said feeding unit; a printing unit having a plurality of printing elements arranged in a conveyance direction of the printing sheet and configured to print the printing sheet; a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet fed after the preceding sheet overlap each other; a determination unit configured to determine, under a predetermined condition, whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing said printing unit while keeping an overlap state between the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet; and a printing control unit configured to control, based on a determination result of said determination unit, printing elements of said printing unit to be used.