Patent ID: 8388090

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a print head including a plurality of printing elements arranged in a predetermined direction, for printing on a predetermined area of a printing medium by scanning in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction; a conveying roller for conveying the printing medium alternately with the scanning of the print head; and a controller for controlling the conveying roller for performing N (N is equal to or greater than 2) times of a first conveying operation for conveying the printing medium in a first conveying amount with the plurality times of scanning, and M (M is equal to or greater than 2) times of a second conveying operation for conveying the printing medium in a second conveying amount, which is smaller than the first conveying amount, with the plurality of times of scanning, a third conveying operation for conveying the printing medium performed between the first conveying operation and the second conveying operation, and a fourth conveying operation performed next to the second conveying operation for conveying the printing medium in a fourth conveying amount larger than the first conveying amount, the printing medium being released from the roller by the fourth conveying operation, wherein said controller obtains and sets a third conveying amount in the third conveying operation and M, based on a conveying amount at which the printing medium is to be conveyed from a printing medium position of completion of the first conveying operation to a printing medium position of the start of the fourth conveying operation, so that the third conveying amount is smaller than the first conveying amount and equal to or larger than the second conveying amount.