Patent ID: 7539454
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which feeds plural kinds of print media and prints an image on the fed print medium, comprising: a plurality of feed means for feeding the print media via different channels; storage means for storing a table that indicates a correspondence between print medium types and said plurality of feed means; input means for inputting, from an external apparatus, print data and a type of print medium to be used for print; selection means for selecting appropriate feed means from said plurality of feed means on the basis of the print medium type input by said input means and the table stored in said storage means; display means for displaying a message to prompt a user to set a print medium on the selected feed means on the basis of a selection result of said selection means; confirmation means for confirming that the print medium is set in accordance with the message displayed on said display means; print means for printing an image on the set print medium by using the print data input by said input means on the basis of a confirmation result of said confirmation means; and print control means for controlling to cause said print means whether or not to print on the basis of a confirmation result if it is further confirmed by said confirmation means that any one of said plurality of feed means has already fed a print medium.