Printing apparatus and control method

A control method of a printing apparatus including:

• a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium;
• a first conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction;
• and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium printed by the printing unit, on a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the first conveyance unit, the method comprising
• reduction control of reducing an overlap amount of a preceding print medium and a succeeding print medium, from an overlap state in which the succeeding print medium overlaps a trailing edge of the preceding print medium,
• wherein the reduction control includes control of conveying the preceding print medium conveyed by the second conveyance unit faster than the succeeding print medium conveyed by the first conveyance unit, in a state in which the first conveyance unit is capable of conveying the succeeding print medium in the conveyance direction.