Printing apparatus and control method

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a feeding unit configured to feed a printing medium;
• a conveying unit configured to convey the printing medium fed from said feeding unit;
• a printing unit configured to print an image on the printing medium conveyed by said conveying unit;
• and
• a control unit configured to perform a successive feeding operation of controlling said feeding unit to start feeding a subsequent printing medium before said printing unit finishes a printing operation of an image on a preceding printing medium,
• wherein an operating state of said feeding unit changes, between a first operating state and a second operating state in which a feeding stop is more unstable than that in the first operating state, in a period from a start of feeding the printing medium until the printing medium reaching said conveying unit, and
• said control unit does not stop feeding the subsequent printing medium in the second operating state and stops feeding the subsequent printing medium after a change from the second operating state to the first operating state is made.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus, the apparatus including:

• a feeding unit configured to feed a printing medium;
• a conveying unit configured to convey the printing medium fed from the feeding unit;
• and
• a printing unit configured to print an image on the printing medium conveyed by the conveying unit;
• an operating state of the feeding unit changing, between a first operating state and a second operating state in which a feeding stop is more unstable than that in the first operating state, in a period from a start of feeding the printing medium until the printing medium reaching the conveying unit,
• the method comprising steps of:
• controlling the feeding unit to start feeding the subsequent printing medium before the printing unit finishes a printing operation of the image on the preceding printing medium;
• and
• controlling the feeding unit to feed the subsequent printing medium without stopping until a leading end of the subsequent printing medium reaches a stoppable position which is arranged on an upstream side of the conveying unit and at which the subsequent printing medium can be stopped in the first operating state.