A printing apparatus according to the present invention prints onto sheets in accordance with a print job, and includes a stacking unit that receives the printed sheets and stacks the sheets, and that is able to eject the stacked sheets so that an operator can remove the sheets. It is then determined whether or not sheets are stacked on the stacking unit. Control is carried out so that the stacked sheets are ejected when execution of a print job, if a setting for ejecting the stacked sheets each time a number of sheets corresponding to a designated number of copies have been stacked on the stacking unit is made for the print job and it has been determined that sheets are stacked in the stacking unit.