A printing apparatus includes a first feeding roller (2) , a feeding motor (206) configured to drive the first feeding roller, a second feeding roller (4), a conveyance roller (5), a conveyance motor (205) configured to drive the conveyance roller, printing means (7) configured to print the printing sheet (1-A), detection means (16) configured to detect the leading edge of the printing sheet, and control means (201) configured to, when the printing means performs a printing operation on a preceding sheet (1-A), drive the feeding motor (206) in synchronization with the conveyance motor (205) before the detection means detects the leading edge of a succeeding sheet (1-B), and continuously drive the feeding motor so that the conveying speed of the succeeding sheet by the feeding motor becomes higher than that of the preceding sheet after the detection means detects the leading edge of the succeeding sheet.