Patent ID: 7986895

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to perform printing by a short edge feed mode for feeding a sheet in which short side of the sheet is positioned on a leading edge or a long edge feed mode for feeding a sheet in which long side of the sheet is positioned on a leading edge; an inputting unit configured to input a print job; a setting unit configured to set an upper-limit value of a number of sheets fed by the short edge feed mode for a print job; an instruction unit configured to enable a user to instruct to change from the short edge feed mode to the long edge feed mode; and a control unit configured to, in case that a sheet to be fed by the short edge feed mode is designated as a sheet to be used for the input print job and a number of sheets to be used for the input print job is greater than the set upper-limit value, control the printing unit, to perform printing by the short edge feed mode if the user does not instruct to change from the short edge feed mode to the long edge feed mode, and control the printing unit to perform printing by the long edge feed mode if the user instructs to change from the short edge feed mode to the long edge feed mode.