A printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a conveying device which conveys a record medium in a conveyance direction; a cutter which cuts out the record medium; a printing unit which prints an image on the record medium; a mark detector which detects a reference mark indicating a page start position of the record medium; a receiver which receives record medium type information; and a controller which, based on a content of the record medium type information, switches a cut position to be cut with the cutter between a first position being a position upstream in the conveyance direction by a predetermined one-page length from the page start position and a second position being a position shifted in the conveyance direction by a prescribed length from the first position.

A printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a conveying device which conveys a record medium in a conveyance direction; a cutter which cuts out the record medium; a printing unit which prints an image on the record medium; a mark detector which detects a reference mark indicating a page start position of the record medium; a receiver which receives record medium type information; and a controller which, based on a content of the record medium type information, switches a cut position to be cut with the cutter between a first position being a position upstream in the conveyance direction by a predetermined one-page length from the page start position and a second position being a position shifted in the conveyance direction by a prescribed length from the first position.

A method includes: storing, in a memory, a test command defining an array of effector element activation states; at a controller connected with the memory, transmitting the test command to an interface configured to connect the controller with an installed effector assembly from a plurality of possible effector assembles including at least a first effector assembly and a second effector assembly, the installed effector assembly being one of (i) the first effector assembly having a first array of effector elements, or (ii) the second effector assembly having a second array of effector elements; at the controller, detecting whether effector elements of the installed effector assembly are activated according to the test command; and at the controller, identifying the installed effector assembly as either the first effector assembly or the second effector assembly based on the detection.

A method includes: storing, in a memory, a test command defining an array of effector element activation states; at a controller connected with the memory, transmitting the test command to an interface configured to connect the controller with an installed effector assembly from a plurality of possible effector assembles including at least a first effector assembly and a second effector assembly, the installed effector assembly being one of (i) the first effector assembly having a first array of effector elements, or (ii) the second effector assembly having a second array of effector elements; at the controller, detecting whether effector elements of the installed effector assembly are activated according to the test command; and at the controller, identifying the installed effector assembly as either the first effector assembly or the second effector assembly based on the detection.

A method includes: storing, in a memory, a test command defining an array of effector element activation states; at a controller connected with the memory, transmitting the test command to an interface configured to connect the controller with an installed effector assembly from a plurality of possible effector assembles including at least a first effector assembly and a second effector assembly, the installed effector assembly being one of (i) the first effector assembly having a first array of effector elements, or (ii) the second effector assembly having a second array of effector elements; at the controller, detecting whether effector elements of the installed effector assembly are activated according to the test command; and at the controller, identifying the installed effector assembly as either the first effector assembly or the second effector assembly based on the detection.

A method includes: storing, in a memory, a test command defining an array of effector element activation states; at a controller connected with the memory, transmitting the test command to an interface configured to connect the controller with an installed effector assembly from a plurality of possible effector assembles including at least a first effector assembly and a second effector assembly, the installed effector assembly being one of (i) the first effector assembly having a first array of effector elements, or (ii) the second effector assembly having a second array of effector elements; at the controller, detecting whether effector elements of the installed effector assembly are activated according to the test command; and at the controller, identifying the installed effector assembly as either the first effector assembly or the second effector assembly based on the detection.