Patent ID: 9729743
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G03G,H04N

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a first sheet support unit configured to support sheets; a second sheet support unit configured to support sheets; a feed reservation unit configured to issue a feed reservation for specifying, from among the first and second support units, a support unit from which a sheet is fed for each page of a first job; a sheet feeding unit configured to feed one of sheets supported by the specified sheet support unit for each page; a transfer unit configured to transfer an image of each page on the fed sheet, wherein a sheet conveyance path from the second sheet support unit to the transfer unit is longer than a sheet conveyance path from the first sheet support unit to the transfer unit, and wherein the sheet feeding unit feeds one of the sheets supported by the second sheet support unit for a page of the first job before feeding one of the sheets supported by the first sheet support unit for a previous page of the first job; and a cancel unit configured to cancel a feed reservation for a page of the first job, wherein, when the first job is interrupted by a second job after the feed reservation for each page of the first job has been issued, the cancel unit cancels the feed reservation for the page for which a sheet has not been fed and behind which there is no page for which a sheet has been fed, the cancel unit does not cancel a feed reservation for a page for which a sheet has not been fed and behind which there is a page for which a sheet has been fed, and wherein the feed reservation unit, and the cancel unit are implemented by at least one processor.