Patent ID: 8540441

Claim:
A printing apparatus configured to execute printing on a continuous sheet by using a printing unit, the printing apparatus comprising: a reversal unit configured to reverse, in executing printing by the printing unit on both surfaces of the continuous sheet, the continuous sheet to execute printing on a second surface of the continuous sheet after executing printing on a first surface of the continuous sheet; an input unit configured to input an instruction for interruption printing while executing printing by the printing unit; and a printing control unit configured, if the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet is currently executed by the printing unit set to execute two-sided printing of a preceding job on the continuous sheet, in a case where an instruction for interruption printing is input by the input unit, the printing unit to execute the interruption printing according to the instruction for the interruption printing input by the input unit subsequent to the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet based on the preceding job, and configured to control the printing apparatus to supply the printed continuous sheet to the reversal unit, wherein the printing control unit is configured to execute, if the instruction for the interruption printing input by the input unit is to execute printing on both surfaces of the continuous sheet, control for executing the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet according to the instruction for the interruption printing, subsequently to the printing on the first surface of the continuous sheet of the preceding job, configured to control the printing apparatus to supply the printed continuous sheet to the reversal unit, and configured to control the printing unit to execute printing on the second surface of the preceding job and the interruption printing.