Image printing apparatus, control method of image printing apparatus, and storage medium

A control method of an image printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit;
• a conveyance unit capable of conveying a printing medium in a conveyance direction or in a returning direction opposite to the conveyance direction;
• a cutting unit provided at a cutting position on a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the printing unit and configured to cut the printing medium by moving in a first direction and return to a cutting standby position for a next cutting operation by moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the control method comprising:
• performing a first conveyance operation of the printing medium in the conveyance direction by the conveyance unit after a printing operation for a target page is suspended and then performing a cutting operation by the cutting unit,
• performing a second conveyance operation of the printing medium in the returning direction by the conveyance unit during movement in the second direction of the cutting unit after the cutting operation.