Printing apparatus and feeding control method

A printing apparatus connectable to an automatic feeding apparatus for feeding a printing medium, printing an image using a printing head on the printing medium fed from said automatic feeding apparatus when said printing apparatus is connected to said automatic feeding apparatus, and printing an image using said printing head on a printing medium fed manually when said printing apparatus is not connected to said automatic feeding apparatus, comprising:

• a transporting roller for transporting the printing medium in a transporting direction, with said transporting roller, said printing head and a sensor for detecting the printing medium arranged sequentially from an upstream side to a downstream side in the transporting direction of the printing medium;
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• control means for controlling transporting of the printing medium by said transporting roller in an amount sufficient for an edge of the printing medium to reach a detecting position of said sensor when the printing medium is fed manually, to execute a feeding confirmation process for judgment whether said sensor detects the printing medium or not and thereby whether feeding is successful or not, said control means not executing the feeding confirmation process when the printing medium is fed by said automatic feeding apparatus.

A feeding control method of a printing apparatus in which a transporting roller for transporting a printing medium, a printing head and a sensor for detecting the printing medium are sequentially arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side in a transporting direction of the printing medium, and an image is printed on the fed printing medium, comprising:

• a step of feeding the printing medium by one of automatic feeding and manual feeding;
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• a step of transporting the printing medium by the transporting roller in an amount sufficient for an edge of the printing medium to reach a detecting position of the sensor when the printing medium is fed manually, to execute a feeding confirmation process for judgment of whether the sensor detects the printing medium or not and thereby whether feeding is successful or not, and not executing the feeding confirmation process when the printing medium is fed automatically.