Patent ID: 7032991

Claim:
A print apparatus which forms a color image by applying ink materials of plural colors onto a print medium using a recording means including a plurality of nozzle arrays arranged along a predetermined direction, the nozzle array having a plurality of nozzles to eject ink materials, said apparatus comprising: a scanner to scan the recording means in forward scanning and backward scanning directions, wherein said scanner scans along the predetermined direction; a print controller to control the printing so that a printing means executes the printing while said scanner scans the recording means in the forward scanning and the backward scanning directions; and a changing means to change an order of application of the plural ink materials of different colors to a pixel area, wherein said print controller applies plural ink materials for each pixel area, the pixel area serving as a unit area to form a primary or secondary color thereon, wherein said print controller applies plural ink materials of different colors for forming the secondary color, to respective positions within a pixel area, and wherein said changing means can change orders of application of the plural ink materials of different colors, to the respective positions within the pixel area.