Patent ID: 8646865

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to form an image on a predetermined surface of a print sheet by depositing a print agent on the print sheet; a discharging unit configured to receive the print sheet; a conveying unit configured to convey the print sheet from the printing unit to the discharging unit through a conveying path; a measuring unit disposed along the conveying path and configured to measure a print characteristic of the image formed by the printing unit on the print sheet; a conveyance control unit configured to control the conveying unit to perform a first conveying process, in which the conveying unit conveys the print sheet, such that a colored area of the image formed on the print sheet passes through a measurement point in the conveying path, where the measuring unit measures the print characteristic of the image, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the printing unit forms the colored area of the image on the print sheet, and a second conveying process, in which the conveying unit conveys the print sheet, such that the colored area of the image formed on the print sheet passes through the measurement point in the conveying path before the predetermined time has elapsed since the printing unit forms the colored area of the image on the print sheet, wherein the conveyance control unit is configured to control the conveying unit to perform the first conveying process when the colored area of the image is measured by the measuring unit and to control the conveying unit to perform the second conveying process when the colored area of the image is not measured by the measuring unit.