Patent ID: 7575299

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a carry unit for carrying a medium in a carrying direction; and a print head that has a plurality of nozzle rows each made up of a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink lined up in the carrying direction, and that moves in an intersecting direction intersecting the carrying direction, wherein the print head comprises a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row for a first color and brightness, and a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row for a second color and brightness, a plurality of nozzles of the first nozzle row for the first color and a plurality of nozzles of the first nozzle row for the second color are disposed in the same positions in terms of the carrying direction, a plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row for the first color and a plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row for the second color are disposed in the same positions in terms of the carrying direction, a plurality of the nozzles of the second nozzle rows for the first color and the second color are respectively disposed shifted in the carrying direction with respect to a plurality of the nozzles of the corresponding first nozzle rows for the first color and the second color, and the nozzle rows are disposed in the intersecting direction in the order of the first nozzle row for the first color, the second nozzle row for the second color, the second nozzle row for the first color, and the first nozzle row for the second color without any other nozzle row for the first color intervening between the first nozzle row for the first color and the second nozzle row for the first color and without any other nozzle row for the second color intervening between the first nozzle row for the second color and the second nozzle row for the second color, wherein the print head comprises a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row for a third color and brightness, wherein a plurality of the nozzles of the first nozzle row for the first color and a plurality of nozzles of the first nozzle row for the third color are disposed in the same positions in terms of the carrying direction, wherein a plurality of the nozzles of the second nozzle row for the first color and a plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row for the third color are disposed in the same positions in terms of the carrying direction, wherein the nozzle rows are disposed in the intersecting direction in the order of the first nozzle row for the first color, the second nozzle row for the second color, the first nozzle row for the third color, the second nozzle row for the first color, the first nozzle row for the second color, and the second nozzle row for the third color, wherein a plurality of the nozzles are lined up at predetermined intervals, and wherein a plurality of the nozzles of the second nozzle rows for the respective colors are disposed shifted with respect to a plurality of the nozzles of the first nozzle rows for the respective colors in the carrying direction by a distance equivalent to half the predetermined interval.