Printing apparatus and control method of the same, and storage medium

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including a first conveyance path configured to convey a print medium in a first direction, a conveyance roller provided in the first conveyance path and configured to convey the print medium in the first direction, a printing head configured to print an image on the print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller, a carriage configured to mount the printing head and to move in a width direction crossing the first direction, a reverse roller provided at a position downstream of the printing head with respect to the first direction of the first conveyance path and configured to be able to reverse a conveyance direction of the print medium and convey the print medium in a second direction different from the first direction, a second conveyance path configured to connect the first conveyance path at a position downstream of the printing head in the first conveyance direction and reverse the front and back of the print medium conveyed in the second direction by the reverse roller by conveying the print medium to a location upstream of the printing head with respect to the first conveyance direction, and an intermediate roller provided in the second conveyance path, the method comprising:

• controlling conveyance of a first print medium and a second print medium which is subsequent to the first print medium by the conveyance roller and the reverse roller,
• wherein a conveyance path length passing through the second conveyance path from the reverse roller to the intermediate roller is shorter than a length of a minimum print medium on which double-sided printing can be performed by the printing apparatus,
• wherein in a case in which the first print medium on which printing has been performed first is conveyed in the second direction via the second conveyance path, the controlling controls the conveyance roller and the reverse roller such that a trailing edge of the first print medium with respect to the second direction passes through the reverse roller driven continuously before the second print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller driven intermittently during printing by the printing head reaches the reverse roller, and
• wherein in a case in which the first print medium from the second conveyance path is printed by the printing head, the intermediate roller is intermittently driven, and when a trailing edge of the first print medium with respect to the second direction passes through the intermediate roller, the intermediate roller is continuously driven.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of a printing apparatus including a first conveyance path configured to convey a print medium in a first direction, a conveyance roller provided in the first conveyance path and configured to convey the print medium in the first direction, a printing head configured to print an image on the print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller, a carriage configured to mount the printing head and to move in a width direction crossing the first direction, a reverse roller provided at a position downstream of the printing head in the first direction of the first conveyance path and configured to be able to reverse a conveyance direction of the print medium and convey the print medium in a second direction different from the first direction, a second conveyance path configured to connect the first conveyance path at a position downstream of the printing head in the first conveyance direction and reverse the front and back of the print medium conveyed in the second direction by the reverse roller by conveying the print medium to a location upstream of the printing head with respect to the first conveyance direction, and an intermediate roller provided in the second conveyance path, the method comprising:

• controlling conveyance of a first print medium and a second print medium which is subsequent to the first print medium by the conveyance roller and the reverse roller,
• wherein a conveyance path length passing through the second conveyance path from the reverse roller to the intermediate roller is shorter than a length of a minimum print medium on which double-sided printing can be performed by the printing apparatus,
• wherein in a case in which the first print medium on which printing has been performed first is conveyed in the second direction via the second conveyance path, the controlling controls the conveyance roller and the reverse roller such that a trailing edge of the first print medium with respect to the second direction passes through the reverse roller driven continuously before the second print medium conveyed by the conveyance roller driven intermittently during printing by the printing head reaches the reverse roller, and
• wherein in a case in which the first print medium from the second conveyance path is printed by the printing head, the intermediate roller is intermittently driven, and when a trailing edge of the first print medium with respect to the second direction passes through the intermediate roller, the intermediate roller is continuously driven.