Patent ID: 7367645

Claim:
A printing method for printing an image on a medium, comprising the steps of: performing a first printing process, wherein in said first printing process, said medium is carried in a carrying direction by a predetermined carry amount and an image is printed on said medium that is positioned at a print region, and wherein a carrying member used for carrying said medium is positioned upstream in said carrying direction with respect to said print region; and selecting either said first printing process or a second printing process according to a distance between a rear edge of said image and a rear edge of said medium as a printing process for printing said rear edge of said image on said medium, wherein in said second printing process, said medium is carried by a carry amount that is smaller than said carry amount of said first printing process and said image is printed on said medium that is positioned at said print region wherein, if the position of said rear edge of said image on said medium is further upstream in said carrying direction than a first position and further downstream in said carrying direction than a second position, then said second printing process is selected as the printing process for printing said rear edge of said image on said medium, and wherein, if the position of said rear edge of said image on said medium is further upstream in said carrying direction than said second position, then said first printing process is selected as the printing process for printing said rear edge of said image on said medium.