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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toyomi Hirao, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a processor that causes a conveyance unit to convey a first sheet to print an image on the first sheet in a free size printing mode, before a user instruction for starting printing is accepted, and causes the conveyance unit to start conveying a portion of sheets of a plurality of sheets following the first sheet to print a portion of images on the portion of the sheets following the first sheet, before detection of the size of the first sheet. The processor also causes, in the free size printing mode, the conveyance unit to start conveying other sheets, of the plurality of sheets, following the portion of the sheets following the first sheet, to print other images on the other sheets, in accordance with having confirmed detection of the size of the first sheet.