PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

There is provided a printing apparatus in which when paper information is set for a paper holding unit, it can be determined whether to set paper information already stored in a paper brand database or generate new paper information and set the newly generated paper information for the paper holding unit.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a paper holding unit; a storage unit configured to store paper information including name information indicating a paper name and attribute information indicating paper attributes; a display unit configured to display a setting screen for setting the paper information for the paper holding unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether an instruction input via the setting screen is a first instruction to set the paper information stored in the storage unit for the paper holding unit or a second instruction to set newly generated paper information for the paper holding unit; and a setting unit configured to set paper information, which is selected from a plurality of pieces of paper information stored in the storage unit, for the paper holding unit if the determination unit determines that the first instruction has been input, and configured to generate new paper information including name information and attribute information and set the newly generated paper information for the paper holding unit if the determination unit determines that the second instruction has been input, wherein the storage unit is configured to store the new paper information generated by the setting unit.