Patent attributes
A printing apparatus for printing on a print medium in accordance with information transmitted from a printer driver is provided with first and second automatic sheet feeders capable of feeding respective ones of print media of types that differ from each other, a memory for storing information relating to a type of print medium that has been detected, a media sensor for detecting the type of print medium that has been supplied by the first automatic sheet feeder, and a changeover switch for changing over to whichever of the first and second automatic sheet feeders is to be used in printing. If the fact that the changeover switch has been operated is detected, the information relating to the type of print medium is invalidated and information relating to the type of print medium is transmitted in response to a request from the printer driver.
