Printing apparatus, a method of controlling a printing apparatus, and a storage medium in which a control unit causes a discharge unit to discharge an amount of cleaning liquid

A method of controlling a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including a cap configured to cap a print head having an ejection orifice from which ink is ejected, the method comprising:

• supplying cleaning liquid into the cap;
• discharging the cleaning liquid from the cap;
• and
• executing a discharge operation to discharge, in the discharging, an amount of the cleaning liquid less than a supply amount of the cleaning liquid supplied into the cap in the supplying,
• wherein, in a case when an ink amount discharged from the ejection orifice is a first amount, the discharge operation is not executed, and
• wherein, in a case when the ink amount discharged from the ejection orifice is a second amount that is greater than the first amount, the discharge operation is executed.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method of controlling a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including a cap configured to cap a print head having an ejection orifice from which ink is ejected, the control comprising:

• supplying cleaning liquid into the cap;
• discharging the cleaning liquid from the cap;
• and
• executing a discharge operation to discharge, in the discharging, an amount of the cleaning liquid less than a supply amount of the cleaning liquid supplied into the cap in the supplying,
• wherein, in a case when an ink amount discharged from the ejection orifice is a first amount, the discharge operation is not executed, and
• wherein, in a case when the ink amount discharged from the ejection orifice is a second amount that is greater than the first amount, the discharge operation is executed.