Printing system

A printing system comprising a printing unit and a post-processing unit,

• the printing unit comprising:
• a feeding section that feeds a printing medium;
• a printing medium conveyance section that receives and conveys the printing medium fed by the feeding section;
• a printing section that performs printing on the printing medium conveyed by the printing medium conveyance section;
• and
• a printing control section that controls the printing medium conveyance section such that each printing medium is conveyed at a printing conveyance speed set for each printing medium, and performs, when the printing conveyance speed is changed, a printing suspending operation to suspend feeding of the printing medium from the feeding section, to discharge an already fed printing medium, and to change setting of the printing conveyance speed,
• the post-processing unit comprising:
• a printed printing medium conveyance section that receives and conveys a printed printing medium having been subjected to the printing;
• a post-processing section that performs given post-processing on the printed printing medium conveyed by the printed printing medium conveyance section;
• and
• a post-processing control section that controls a post-processing conveyance speed of the printed printing medium conveyance section such that the printed printing medium is received by the printed printing medium conveyance section at the same speed as the printing conveyance speed at the printing unit, and performs, when the printing conveyance speed at the printing unit is changed, a post-processing suspending operation to discharge the printed printing medium and to change setting of the post-processing conveyance speed,
• wherein, when the printing conveyance speed at the printing unit is changed, the post-processing control section does not perform the post-processing suspending operation if a length of the printing medium in a conveyance direction thereof is smaller than an inter-unit conveyance distance, which is set in advance, between the printing unit and the post-processing unit, and the post-processing control section performs the post-processing suspending operation if the length of the printing medium in the conveyance direction thereof is equal to or greater than the inter-unit conveyance distance.