BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a printing apparatus for printing using a consumable member, a printing system, and a method.

Description of the Related Art

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2017-037427 discloses a technique of specifying the distance between devices using Bluetooth communication. On the other hand, in Bluetooth5.1, direction detection using an Angle of Arrival (AoA) or Angle of Departure (AoD) can be performed.

Between a plurality of devices located at a distance close to each other, accuracy is required to be raised concerning the configuration of position determination.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a technique of performing accurate position determination using a signal of short distance wireless communication.

The present invention in one aspect provides a printing apparatus including a subunit including a plurality of installation racks in each of which a consumable member can be installed, and a main unit configured to receive supply from the consumable member installed in the subunit and perform printing, comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire relative position information between the subunit and the consumable member using a signal of short distance wireless communication transmitted from the subunit; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the relative position information acquired by the first acquisition unit, whether the consumable member exists at a position corresponding to a predetermined installation rack of the plurality of installation racks.

According to the present invention, it is possible to perform accurate position determination using a signal of short distance wireless communication.

Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

