Patent ID: 8424994

Claim:
A printer to execute a continuous print mode by using a plurality of sets of ink portions, wherein each set of ink portions has a plurality of ink portions of an ink sheet in which the plurality of ink portions are sequentially arranged in a conveyance direction, and to print a plurality of screens adjacent to each other, the printer comprising: a sheet conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet; a sheet detection unit configured to detect a leading end of a sheet; an ink sheet conveyance unit configured to convey the ink sheet; a search position detection unit configured to detect a search position of each ink portion of the ink sheet; and a control unit configured to convey, in a case where power for the printer is turned ON, a sheet that has been pulled out from a sheet housing unit in a direction for returning the sheet into the housing unit using the sheet conveyance unit, calculate a leading-end detection conveyance amount until a leading end of the sheet is detected by the sheet detection unit, and determine a discharge amount of the sheet based on the leading-end detection conveyance amount.