Patent ID: 8730511

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: an instruction receiving unit configured to receive an execution instruction of a print job; a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet based on the print job; a sheet receiving unit configured to receive thereon printed sheets discharged from the printing unit; a sorting unit configured to discharge a separation sheet for separating the printed sheets discharged to the sheet receiving unit; and a control device configured to: determine whether the print job is a first job which is executed while a user having input the execution instruction exists in the vicinity of the printing apparatus or a second job which is executed while the user dose not exist in the vicinity of the printing apparatus; and execute the print job in a first mode where the sorting unit does not discharge the separation sheet, when the determination unit determines that the print job is the first job, and configured to execute the print job in a second mode where the sorting unit discharges the separation sheet, when the determination unit determines that the print job is the second job.