Patent ID: 8721021

Claim:
An inkjet printing apparatus, comprising: a printing head comprising: a first nozzle array constructed to eject a first ink, a second nozzle array constructed to eject a second ink, and a third nozzle array constructed to eject the second ink, wherein the first nozzle array is disposed between the second nozzle array and the third nozzle array along a scan path, and wherein the second ink is a substantially same color as a color of the first ink, and has relatively lower permeation properties with respect to a print medium than permeation properties of the first ink with respect to the print medium; a scanning unit configured to cause the printing head to scan a print medium along the scan path to print an image thereon; and a printing control unit configured to control ejection of ink from the printing head so as to print on an edge area using the second ink, and print on a non-edge area using the first ink, wherein the edge area and the non-edge area are located in a printing area corresponding to an image to be printed on the print medium, and the non-edge area is a region surrounded by the edge area.