Patent ID: 8419152

Claim:
A printing control apparatus comprising: an allocating unit configured to allocate a dot to be printed for a printing image on a unit region of a print medium by relative scanning between the printing medium and a printing head provided with a plurality of the nozzles arrayed in a predetermined direction for printing a first dot of ink and a second dot of ink having a diameter smaller than that of the first dot and the same color as the first dot in a direction crossing to the predetermined direction, according to a level of gradation of the image corresponding to the unit region; and a controlling unit configured to cause the printing head to print the dot allocated by the allocating unit on the unit region, wherein a number of the second dot which the allocating unit is permitted to allocate per unit length in a direction crossing to the predetermined direction is smaller than a number of the first dot which the allocating unit is permitted to allocate per unit length in the direction crossing to the predetermined direction.