Patent ID: 8493603

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to execute a print job, wherein the print job is for printing a plurality of copies of a plurality of pages; an accepting unit configured to accept a stop request to stop executing the print job; a selecting unit configured to select a stopping method among (i) a first stopping method to stop executing the print job immediately after the accepting unit accepts the stop request, and (ii) a second stopping method to stop executing the print job after completion of printing the plurality of pages of a copy currently being printed when the stop request is accepted; a controlling unit configured to control to stop executing the print job by the stopping method selected by the selecting unit in a case where the accepting unit accepts the stop request; a changing unit configured to change a number of copies set in the print job in a case where the controlling unit controls to stop executing the print job by the second stopping method selected by the selecting unit; and wherein the controlling unit controls to restart executing the print job in accordance with the number of copies changed by the changing unit.