Patent ID: 8136903
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit having a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array which respectively arrange a plurality of nozzles in a predetermined direction; a conveying unit for conveying a print medium in the predetermined direction; and a control unit for controlling said printing unit and said conveying unit to print an image on the print medium, wherein said control unit is configured to perform a first mode, where the first nozzle array is used for printing, and a second mode, where the first and second nozzle arrays are used for printing, and said control unit changes use nozzles in the first nozzle array in accordance with a relative print position displacement in the predetermined direction between the first and second nozzle arrays when performing the second mode, and changes a conveying amount of the print medium, where conveyance is performed between the first mode and the second mode, in accordance with the relative print position displacement.