A printing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to execute image processing including division and combination of image data; and a printing unit configured to perform printing on a printing medium based on image data after the image processing, wherein the control unit acquires image data as a target of the n-th image processing wherein n is a positive integer; generates an upper image having a horizontal lower side and a lower image having a horizontal upper side by dividing the image data by a horizontal line, generates combined image data having a horizontal upper side and a horizontal lower side by combining a lower image having a horizontal upper side, generated by the division in a previous image processing, wherein the previous image processing is an (n-1)-th image processing, to the upper side of the upper image, and causes the printing unit to execute printing based on the combined image data; the printing apparatus further comprises: a transport unit configured to transport clothing fabric that is the printing medium where a pattern is formed; and an imaging unit configured to image the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit wherein the control unit extracts a pattern region in the second image data corresponding to the pattern, based on a comparison between first image data representing the pattern and second image data generated by the imaging of the clothing fabric by the imaging unit, corrects third image data representing an image to be printed overlapping the pattern so that the third image data matches the shape of the pattern region, and the corrected third image data is set as a target of the image processing. a control unit configured to execute image processing including division and combination of image data; and a printing unit configured to perform printing on a printing medium based on image data after the image processing, wherein the control unit acquires image data as a target of the n-th image processing wherein n is a positive integer; generates an upper image having a horizontal lower side and a lower image having a horizontal upper side by dividing the image data by a horizontal line, generates combined image data having a horizontal upper side and a horizontal lower side by combining a lower image having a horizontal upper side, generated by the division in a previous image processing, wherein the previous image processing is an (n-1)-th image processing, to the upper side of the upper image, and causes the printing unit to execute printing based on the combined image data; the printing apparatus further comprises: a transport unit configured to transport clothing fabric that is the printing medium where a pattern is formed; and an imaging unit configured to image the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit wherein the control unit extracts a pattern region in the second image data corresponding to the pattern, based on a comparison between first image data representing the pattern and second image data generated by the imaging of the clothing fabric by the imaging unit, corrects third image data representing an image to be printed overlapping the pattern so that the third image data matches the shape of the pattern region, and the corrected third image data is set as a target of the image processing. a transport unit configured to transport clothing fabric that is the printing medium where a pattern is formed; and an imaging unit configured to image the clothing fabric transported by the transport unit wherein the control unit extracts a pattern region in the second image data corresponding to the pattern, based on a comparison between first image data representing the pattern and second image data generated by the imaging of the clothing fabric by the imaging unit, corrects third image data representing an image to be printed overlapping the pattern so that the third image data matches the shape of the pattern region, and the corrected third image data is set as a target of the image processing.