Printing apparatus and control method therefor

A control method of a printing apparatus having a first roller configured to feed a sheet, a second roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the first roller, and a print head configured to print an image on the sheet conveyed by the second roller based on printing data, the method comprising:

• performing a forming operation for forming an overlap state in which a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap with each other;
• performing a skew correction operation of the succeeding sheet by abutting the leading edge of the succeeding sheet against the second roller before a trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller in a case in which the succeeding sheet is to be conveyed to a printing start position at which printing for the succeeding sheet by the print head is to be started while maintaining the overlap state;
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• in a case in which an overlap amount of the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet is less than a threshold value, controlling the first roller and the second roller to convey the succeeding sheet to the printing start position without overlapping with the preceding sheet.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a first roller configured to feed a sheet;
• a second roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the first roller;
• a print head configured to print an image on the sheet conveyed by the second roller based on printing data;
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• a control unit configured to control so as to form an overlap state in which a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap with each other,
• wherein the control unit controls the first roller and the second roller to perform a skew correction operation of the succeeding sheet by abutting the leading edge of the succeeding sheet against the second roller before a trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller in a case in which the succeeding sheet is to be conveyed to a printing start position at which printing for the succeeding sheet by the print head is to be started while maintaining the overlap state, and
• wherein in a case in which the leading edge of the succeeding sheet will not be conveyed to a predetermined position if the succeeding sheet is conveyed to the printing start position, the control unit controls to convey the succeeding sheet to the printing start position with an interval between the trailing edge of the preceding sheet and the leading edge of the succeeding sheet after eliminating the overlap state.

A control method of a printing apparatus having a first roller configured to feed a sheet, a second roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the first roller, and a print head configured to print an image on the sheet conveyed by the second roller based on printing data, the method comprising:

• performing a forming operation for forming an overlap state in which a preceding sheet and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet overlap with each other;
• performing a skew correction operation of the succeeding sheet by abutting the leading edge of the succeeding sheet against the second roller before a trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller in a case in which the succeeding sheet is to be conveyed to a printing start position at which printing for the succeeding sheet by the print head is to be started while maintaining the overlap state;
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• in a case in which the leading edge of the succeeding sheet will not be conveyed to a predetermined position if the succeeding sheet is conveyed to the printing start position, conveying the succeeding sheet to the printing start position with an interval between the trailing edge of the preceding sheet and the leading edge of the succeeding sheet after eliminating the overlap state.