Patent ID: 7591532

Claim:
An inkjet printing apparatus comprising: printing means for printing by scanning a printhead to discharge ink on a printing medium; and conveyance means for conveying the printing medium at an interval between successive scanning operations of the printhead, wherein a first printing mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in a first region on the printing medium N times (N is an integer not less than 1) and scanning the printhead in a second region adjacent to the first region (N+1) times, and a second mode in which an image is printed by scanning the printhead in the first region M times (M is an integer not less than 2, and M>N) and scanning the printhead in the second region (M+1) times can be executed, and a width, in a conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the second printing mode is narrower than the width, in the conveyance direction of the printing medium, of the second region printed in the first printing mode.