Patent ID: 8091975

Claim:
An inkjet printing apparatus for performing printing on a unit pixel of a print medium by plural scans of a print head for applying a plurality of inks including a first ink and a second ink, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains applying amount information on amounts of respective inks to be applied to the unit pixel; and a determining unit that determines, for the respective inks, one or more scans used to apply the ink to the unit pixel among the plural scans on the basis of the applying amount information obtained by said obtaining unit; wherein said determining unit determines the one or more scans used to apply the first ink on the basis of the applying amount information for the first ink and the second ink and determines the one or more scans used to apply the second ink on the basis of the applying amount information for the second ink; and wherein said determining unit (i) specifies the unit pixel that satisfies a predetermined condition on the basis of the applying amount information for the first ink and the second ink, and (ii) determines the one or more scans used to apply the first ink such that the ratio of first ink applied in the last half of the plural scans is greater for the specified unit pixel that satisfies the predetermined condition than for a unit pixel that does not satisfy the predetermined condition.