Printing apparatus and control method

A control method for a printing apparatus including a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller, and a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, the method comprising:

• a control step of controlling conveyance of printing sheets so that an overlap state, in which a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed by the feeding roller and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed by the feeding roller overlap each other, is formed between the feeding roller and the conveyance roller;
• a determination step of determining whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping the overlap state or to convey the succeeding sheet to the position after the overlap state has been cancelled;
• and
• a skew correction control step of executing a skew correction operation in which a leading edge of the printing sheet abuts against the conveyance roller,
• wherein in the skew correction control step, a timing when the skew correction operation for the succeeding sheet is executed is changed according to a determination result of the determination step.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each step of a control method for a printing apparatus including a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller, and a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller, the method comprising:

• a control step of controlling conveyance of printing sheets so that an overlap state, in which a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed by the feeding roller and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed by the feeding roller overlap each other, is formed between the feeding roller and the conveyance roller;
• a determination step of determining whether to convey the succeeding sheet to a position facing the printing unit while keeping the overlap state or to convey the succeeding sheet to the position after the overlap state has been cancelled;
• and
• a skew correction control step of performing a skew correction operation in which a leading edge of the printing sheet abuts against the conveyance roller,
• wherein in the skew correction control step, a timing when the skew correction operation for the succeeding sheet is executed is changed according to a determination result of the determination step.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a feeding roller configured to feed a printing sheet;
• a conveyance roller configured to convey the printing sheet fed by the feeding roller;
• a printing unit configured to print on the printing sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller;
• a conveyance control unit configured to control conveyance of printing sheets so that an overlap state, in which a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed by the feeding roller and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed by the feeding roller overlap each other, is formed between the feeding roller and the conveyance roller;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether to execute a first operation in which the succeeding sheet is conveyed to a position facing the printing unit while keeping the overlap state or to execute a second operation in which the succeeding sheet is conveyed to the position after the overlap state has been cancelled;
• and
• a skew correction control unit configured to execute a skew correction operation in which a leading edge of the printing sheet abuts against the conveyance roller,
• wherein if the determination unit determines to execute the first operation, the skew correction control unit executes the skew correction operation for the succeeding sheet before the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes through the conveyance roller, and
• if the determination unit determines to execute the second operation, the skew correction control unit executes the skew correction operation for the succeeding sheet after the trailing edge of the preceding sheet passes through the conveyance roller.