Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a first roller configured to feed a sheet;
• a second roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the first roller;
• a third roller configured to convey the sheet conveyed by the second roller;
• a printhead configured to print an image by discharging ink on the sheet conveyed by the third roller;
• a printing control unit configured to perform a printing operation for printing an image on the sheet by repeating an operation of intermittently conveying the sheet by the third roller and an operation of discharging ink by the printhead in a state in which the third roller is stopped;
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• a conveyance control unit configured to control the first roller to feed a succeeding sheet so as to have an interval between a trailing edge of a preceding sheet and a leading edge of the succeeding sheet,
• wherein the conveyance control unit controls to, during a period in which the third roller is intermittently driven for the printing operation on the preceding sheet, drive the second roller intermittently in accordance with the intermittent driving of the third roller before the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller, and drive the second roller continuously not in accordance with the intermittent driving of the third roller after the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including a first roller configured to feed a sheet, a second roller configured to convey the sheet fed by the first roller, a third roller configured to convey the sheet conveyed by the second roller, and a printhead configured to print an image by discharging ink on the sheet conveyed by the third roller, the method comprising:

• a printing control step of performing a printing operation for printing an image on the sheet by repeating an operation of intermittently conveying the sheet by the third roller and an operation of discharging ink by the printhead in a state in which the third roller is stopped;
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• a conveyance control step of controlling the first roller to feed a succeeding sheet so as to have an interval between a trailing edge of a preceding sheet and a leading edge of the succeeding sheet,
• wherein the conveyance control step controls to, during a period in which the third roller is intermittently driven for the printing operation on the preceding sheet, drive the second roller intermittently in accordance with the intermittent driving of the third roller before the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller, and drive the second roller continuously not in accordance with the intermittent driving of the third roller after the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes the second roller.