Patent ID: 8651606

Claim:
A printing apparatus to print an image on a print medium by using a first printing element array and a second printing element array, each having a plurality of printing elements arrayed in a first direction for ejecting different kinds of inks respectively onto the print medium, wherein the first and second printing element arrays are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and by moving the printing element arrays relative to the print medium in the second direction, the printing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a first print mode and a second print mode, wherein a range of the first printing element array used in the second print mode is different from, in the first direction, a range of the first printing element array used in the first print mode; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first adjustment value for adjusting, in the second direction, a print position of the printing elements in the range of the first printing element array that are used in the first print mode and a print position of the printing elements of the second printing element array that are used in the first print mode; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second adjustment value for adjusting, in the second direction, a print position of printing elements in the range of the first printing element array that are used in the second print mode and a print position of printing elements of the second printing element array that are used in the second print mode; a first adjustment unit configured to, when printing an image in the first print mode, adjust the print positions based on the first adjustment value acquired by the first acquisition unit; and a second adjustment unit configured to, when printing an image in the second print mode, adjust the print positions based on the second adjustment value acquired by the second acquisition unit.