Patent ID: 8840328

Claim:
A printing apparatus to perform printing on a printing medium, comprising: a reversing unit that reverses the printing medium to perform two-sided printing, and is provided with a roller for conveying the printing medium through a loop path for reversing, wherein the loop path has a shape which allows the printing medium fed from an entrance of the loop path to be looped back to the entrance; a sensor that detects an end of the printing medium at a position in a vicinity of the entrance of the loop path; a detecting unit configured to, when the printing medium is conveyed through the loop path, detect an overload for conveyance, and a control unit configured to perform control such that, the roller stops rotation for reversing when the detecting unit detects the overload , the control unit determines whether a counting value of an encoder for conveyance control indicating a conveyance amount of the printing medium after the sensor has detected the end reaches a threshold that is set according to a length of the loop path, and the roller resumes rotation for reversing in a case where the counting value reaches the threshold, whereas the roller does not resume rotation for reversing in a case where the counting value does not reach the threshold.