Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium

A method for controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising:

• a printing step of performing printing on a printing medium drawn out and conveyed from a roll based on an input job;
• a winding step of winding the printing medium printed in the printing step into a roll;
• and
• a control step of controlling printing for a first job and printing for a second job subsequent to the first job on the printing medium;
• a feeding step of supplying the printing unit with the printing medium;
• a setting step of setting whether a deliverable for the first job wound in the winding step is to be detached after printing for the first job is finished, wherein
• in a case where a setting to detach the deliverable is made in the setting step, control is performed in the control step such that at least a part of the second job is printed in a predetermined area continued from an area to print the first job on the printing medium before the deliverable for the first job is detached,
• after printing is finished in the predetermined area, the printing medium is conveyed in an opposite direction of a supply direction in which the printing medium is supplied,
• a length of the predetermined area in the supply direction is a length obtained by adding a predetermined length necessary for printing to a length between the winding unit and the printing unit, and
• printing is performed by ejecting liquid to the printing medium;
• and
• further comprising a drying step of drying the liquid ejected to the printing medium, wherein
• the predetermined length is a length obtained by adding a length of conveyance of the printing medium until a conveyance speed is stabilized to a length of conveyance of the printing medium after a temperature of the drying unit becomes equal to or greater than a certain temperature and until the temperature reaches a target temperature.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute:

• a printing step of performing printing on a printing medium drawn out and conveyed from a roll based on an input job;
• a winding step of winding the printing medium printed in the printing step into a roll;
• a control step of controlling printing for a first job and printing for a second job subsequent to the first job on the printing medium;
• a feeding step of supplying the printing unit with the printing medium;
• a setting step of setting whether a deliverable for the first job wound in the winding step is to be detached after printing for the first job is finished, wherein
• in a case where a setting to detach the deliverable is made in the setting step, control is performed in the control step such that at least a part of the second job is printed in a predetermined area continued from an area to print the first job on the printing medium before the deliverable for the first job is detached,
• after printing is finished in the predetermined area, the printing medium is conveyed in an opposite direction of a supply direction in which the printing medium is supplied,
• a length of the predetermined area in the supply direction is a length obtained by adding a predetermined length necessary for printing to a length between the winding unit and the printing unit, and
• printing is performed by ejecting liquid to the printing medium;
• and
• further comprising a drying step of drying the liquid ejected to the printing medium, wherein
• the predetermined length is a length obtained by adding a length of conveyance of the printing medium until a conveyance speed is stabilized to a length of conveyance of the printing medium after a temperature of the drying unit becomes equal to or greater than a certain temperature and until the temperature reaches a target temperature.