Patent ID: 8444244

Claim:
A print control apparatus comprising: an operation state storing section that stores operation information relating to operation states of a plurality of printing elements arranged in a printing head; and a drawing controlling section that causes the plurality of printing elements to draw a test image for checking the operation states of the plurality of printing elements, wherein the test image includes a set of a predetermined number of lines that are drawn in parallel with one another in a predetermined direction, each of the lines being drawn by a different printing element of the plurality of printing elements, the drawing controlling section causes two printing elements, of the plurality of printing elements, that are placed in the vicinity of a separate, malfunctioning printing element, of the plurality of printing elements, that is determined as a malfunction on the basis of the operation information, to each additionally draw in the test image a separate check line having a predetermined length and thickness, each of the two check lines being drawn adjacent to one of the lines of the set of predetermined number of lines, the thickness of the two check lines is set in advance to be greater than the thickness of the lines of the set of predetermined number of lines, and the two check lines are separated from each other by a predetermined distance in a length direction.