Patent ID: 9168768
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a first holding unit configured to hold sheets of a first type; a second holding unit configured to hold sheets of a second type, wherein each of a predetermined number of sheets of the second type is grouped as one set; a printing unit configured to print images onto the sheets of the first type and the sheets of the second type; and a control unit configured to cause included sheets, which are to be discharged with the sheets of the first type as one copy of printed materials and are among one set of the sheets of the second type, to be conveyed at a first speed, and cause one or more remaining sheet(s), which are not to be included in the one copy of printed materials and are among the one set of the sheets of the second type, to be conveyed at a second speed, wherein the second speed is faster than the first speed, and wherein the second speed is the same as a speed at which the sheets of the first type are conveyed so as not to necessitate a process for switching a conveyance speed between a sheet which is one of the sheets of the first type and a sheet which is one of the one or more remaining sheet(s), and wherein grammage of the sheets of the second type is greater than grammage of the sheets of the first type.