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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a reservoir configured to store ink;
an inkjet head connected to the reservoir via a flow path; and
a controller configured to perform:
circulation timing determination processing of determining whether or not to arrive at a circulation timing for performing a circulation of the ink via at least one of the flow path or the inkjet head;
a circulation execution processing of executing the circulation in a case where it is determined that the circulation timing comes to be arrived;
print timing determination processing of determining whether or not there is a high possibility that a print instruction is issued after the circulation is executed by the circulation execution step;
a cleaning control processing of:
performing cleaning operation for the inkjet head in a case where it is determined that there is a high possibility that the print instruction is issued; and
not performing the cleaning operation in a case where it is not determined that there is a high possibility that the print instruction is issued;
a print instruction reception determination processing of determining whether the print instruction has been received; and
a print processing of performing the cleaning operation and performing printing in a case where it is determined that the print instruction has been received, and in a case where the cleaning operation has not been performed since the previous circulation.
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