Patent ID: 8792112

Claim:
A printing apparatus capable of processing a fatal error for which powering off is necessary for error resolution and a simple error for which powering off is not necessary for error resolution, comprising: a driving motor used in a printing process; an operation receiving unit that receives an instruction operation of a user; and an error process execution unit that executes a process for predetermined errors, wherein, when the simple error is generated, the error process execution unit executes a process for a simple error determined in advance without waiting to receive the instruction operation of the user using the operation receiving unit, wherein, when a motor error in which the driving motor no longer runs normally is generated during the execution of the printing process and predetermined process conditions setting the process for the simple error to be executable are satisfied with respect to the motor error, the error process execution unit executes the process for the simple error after waiting to receive the instruction operation of the user using the operation receiving unit, and wherein, when the motor error is generated and the predetermined process conditions are not satisfied, the error process execution unit executes a process for a fatal error determined in advance; wherein the driving motor is mounted with an ejection head ejecting ink, moves inside the region of the paper and moves a carriage that moves to a home position which may cap the ejection head outside the region of the paper, and wherein the error process execution unit executes a process of moving the carriage to the home position using the driving motor as the process for a simple error without waiting to receive the instruction operation of the user using the operation receiving unit when a simple error is generated, and stops the movement of the carriage by the driving motor, waits to receive the instruction operation of the user using the operation receiving unit, and executes the process for a simple error when predetermined processing conditions are satisfied including a condition that it is possible to determine if there is a possibility that paper clogging, in which the paper becomes clogged during paper supply or discharge or during printing according to the printing process when the motor error is generated, is generated.