Patent ID: 8721017

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a print head having first and second chips on each of which a plurality of print elements are aligned in a predetermined direction, the plurality of print elements in the first chip and the plurality of print elements in the second chip being deviated from each other in a direction crossing the predetermined direction, the first chip having a first portion that is part of the plurality of print elements, the second chip having a second portion that is part of the plurality of print elements, the first portion and the second portion being overlapped in the predetermined direction, the first portion including a first print element, and the second portion including a second print element; a driving unit configured to time-divisionally drive the plurality of print elements in the first chip and the plurality of print elements in the second chip, the first print element and the second print element being driven at the same timing; and a scanning unit configured to perform a printing scan by moving a print medium relative to the print head in a scanning direction crossing the predetermined direction, wherein a print position printed by the first print element and a print position printed by the second print element correspond to each other in the scanning direction.