Patent ID: 9001341
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G03G,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which is able to feed a sheet from any of a plurality of storage units, the printing apparatus comprising: a registering unit configured to register two or more groups wherein each of the two or more groups has two or more storage units included in the plurality of storage units; a setting unit configured to set a type of job for each of the two or more groups independently; and a control unit configured to, in a case where a type of a received job matches a type set by the setting unit in association with a group to which a first storage unit used for the received job belongs, perform control to switch a sheet feeding source from the first storage unit to a second storage unit which belongs to the same group as that as the first storage unit when an amount of sheets in the first storage unit reaches a certain amount during execution of the received job, and in a case where the type of the received job does not match the type set by the setting unit in association with the group to which the first storage unit used by the received job belongs, perform control not to switch the sheet feeding source from the first storage unit to the second storage unit which belongs to the same group as that of the first storage unit even when the amount of sheets in the first storage unit reaches the certain amount during execution of the received job.