Patent ID: 7637577

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a printing unit for applying a first ink containing a pigment and a second ink containing a dye; and printing control means for selectively executing a single-sided printing mode for printing onto one side of a printing medium by using said printing unit and a double-sided printing mode for printing onto both sides of the printing medium by using said printing unit, wherein an amount of the second ink applied based on predetermined printing information onto the side on which the printing is effected first in the double-sided printing mode is not less than that of the second ink applied, based on the predetermined printing information onto the side on which the printing is effected in the single-sided printing mode, an amount of the first ink applied based on the predetermined printing information onto the side on which the printing is effected first in the double-sided printing mode is less than that of the first ink applied based on the predetermined printing information onto the side on which the printing is effected in the single-sided printing mode, and wherein the amount of the second ink applied based on the predetermined printing information in the double-sided printing mode is more than that of the second ink applied based on the predetermined printing information in the single-sided printing mode.