Patent ID: 9509876
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G03G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to convey a sheet, and read an image on the sheet to generate image data; a printing unit configured to print adjustment images; a detecting unit configured to detect the end of the sheet based on adjustment image data generated by the reading unit reading the adjustment images printed on the sheet by the printing unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain an amount of shift in the printing position based on the end of the sheet detected by the detecting unit and the adjustment image data; a print controlling unit configured to control, based on the amount of shift in the printing position obtained by the obtaining unit, the printing unit to print an image on the sheet; and a designating unit configured to designate whether to cause the reading unit to convey the sheet and read the adjustment images printed on the sheet while the sheet on which the adjustment images are printed is conveyed, or configured to designate whether to cause the reading unit to read the adjustment images printed on the sheet without conveying the sheet on which the adjustment images are printed, wherein the adjustment images include a first adjustment image formed on an edge region of the sheet and a second adjustment image formed on a region different from the region where the first adjustment image is formed, wherein the printing unit prints the adjustment images in a case where it is designated by the designating unit to cause the reading unit to convey the sheet and read the adjustment images printed on the sheet while the sheet on which the adjustment images are printed is conveyed, and wherein the printing unit does not print the first adjustment image in a case where it is designated by the designating unit to cause the reading unit to read the adjustment images printed on the sheet without conveying the sheet on which the adjustment images are printed.