Patent ID: 6193358
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing apparatus performing printing based on printing data by using a printing head, in which a plurality of printing elements are arranged, with scanning the printing head with respect to a printing medium in a direction different from a direction of an arrangement of the printing elements, comprising:driving means for driving the plurality of printing elements of the printing head;transport means for transporting the printing medium;restriction means for restricting a number of printing elements to be driven in one scanning of the printing head so that a number of times of driving of said plurality of printing elements driven by said driving means during said one scanning becomes less than a predetermined number; andtransport control means for controlling transportation of the printing medium by said transport means after said one scanning of the printing head such that an amount of transportation is varied so as to correspond to the number of printing elements restricted by said restriction means in said one scanning.