Patent ID: 8814289

Claim:
A print apparatus which performs printing for a print target surface of a print target subject, comprising: a selection unit which categorizes a shape curved shape of the print target surface into one specific shape pattern among a plurality of shape patterns whose degrees of curving are different from each other, where a center part of the print target surface along a first direction is raised higher than edge parts of the print target surface along the first direction; a print unit which has a recording head that applies ink on the print target surface; and a control unit which controls the print unit to set an ink amount to be applied at the edge parts of the print target surface to a predetermined amount which is set corresponding to the specific shape pattern; wherein the control unit comprises a height measuring unit which measures a height of the print target surface as a height size from an edge part at a position which is toward the center part for a predetermined reference distance from the edge part in the first direction; and wherein the selection unit categorizes the curved shape of the print target surface based on a comparison between a value of the height size and predetermined threshold values for the height size, where the threshold values for the height size are set to different values from each other according to the plurality of shape patterns.