A printing apparatus comprising: a print head that has a first nozzle group for applying a liquid to a print medium and a second nozzle group for applying a liquid comprising a working liquid to the print medium; a main scanning unit that relatively moves the print head with respect to the print medium in a main scanning direction; a sub-scanning unit that relatively moves the print medium with respect to the print head in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and a control unit that is configured to perform control of a relative position between a use area of nozzles included in the first nozzle group and a use area of nozzles included in the second nozzle group in the sub-scanning direction, based on attribute information of the print medium, characterised in that : the attribute information includes information on a permeation speed at which liquid permeates the print medium, and wherein the control unit is configured to perform control of the relative position with respect to a second print medium having a permeation speed higher than that of a first print medium so that a time difference between a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the first nozzle group and a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the second nozzle group is smaller than the time difference with respect to the first print medium. a print head that has a first nozzle group for applying a liquid to a print medium and a second nozzle group for applying a liquid comprising a working liquid to the print medium; a main scanning unit that relatively moves the print head with respect to the print medium in a main scanning direction; a sub-scanning unit that relatively moves the print medium with respect to the print head in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and a control unit that is configured to perform control of a relative position between a use area of nozzles included in the first nozzle group and a use area of nozzles included in the second nozzle group in the sub-scanning direction, based on attribute information of the print medium, characterised in that : the attribute information includes information on a permeation speed at which liquid permeates the print medium, and wherein the control unit is configured to perform control of the relative position with respect to a second print medium having a permeation speed higher than that of a first print medium so that a time difference between a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the first nozzle group and a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the second nozzle group is smaller than the time difference with respect to the first print medium. the attribute information includes information on a permeation speed at which liquid permeates the print medium, and wherein the control unit is configured to perform control of the relative position with respect to a second print medium having a permeation speed higher than that of a first print medium so that a time difference between a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the first nozzle group and a timing at which liquid is applied by the nozzles included in the second nozzle group is smaller than the time difference with respect to the first print medium. <EOS>