Printing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method for improving throughput when dividing print medium

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor of a printing apparatus comprising a conveyor, a print engine, and a divider disposed downstream of the print engine in a conveyance direction, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the printing apparatus to:

• cause the conveyor to convey a print medium in the conveyance direction until a planned dividing position of the print medium to be divided reaches a dividing position of the divider to divide the print medium, when a first conveyance amount is larger than a second conveyance amount, wherein the first conveyance amount corresponds to a print width for an individual printing process by the print engine in the conveyance direction, and the second conveyance amount is calculated using a distance between a predetermined reference position and the dividing position of the divider and a distance between the predetermined reference position and the planned dividing position of the print medium;
• after conveying the print medium until the planned dividing position of the print medium reaches the dividing position of the divider, cause the divider to divide the print medium into a first sheet and a second sheet;
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• cause the conveyor to convey the second sheet after the division of the print medium, to a printing position that is a print start position for a printing process by the print engine.

A method implementable on a controller of a printing apparatus comprising a conveyor, a print engine, and a divider disposed downstream of the print engine in a conveyance direction, the method comprising:

• causing the conveyor to convey a print medium in the conveyance direction until a planned dividing position of the print medium to be divided reaches a dividing position of the divider to divide the print medium, when a first conveyance amount is larger than a second conveyance amount, wherein the first conveyance amount corresponds to a print width for an individual printing process by the print engine in the conveyance direction, and the second conveyance amount is calculated using a distance between a predetermined reference position and the dividing position of the divider and a distance between the predetermined reference position and the planned dividing position of the print medium;
• after conveying the print medium until the planned dividing position of the print medium reaches the dividing position of the divider, causing the divider to divide the print medium into a first sheet and a second sheet;
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• causing the conveyor to convey the second sheet after the division of the print medium, to a printing position that is a print start position for a printing process by the print engine.