Patent ID: 8157351

Claim:
An inkjet printing apparatus for forming an image on a print medium by relatively scanning a first ejection unit for ejecting a first ink and a second ejection unit for ejecting a second ink which is a different kind from the first ink to the print medium, comprising: a selection unit configured to select any one of a first printing mode for completing an image to be formed with the first and second inks to a pixel array region on the print medium by scanning the first and second ejection units one time and a second printing mode for completing an image to be formed with the first and second inks to the pixel array region on the print medium by scanning the first and second ejection units plural times, wherein the selection unit selects the first printing mode on condition that an amount of the second ink to be used for forming the image is not larger than an amount of the first ink to be used for forming the image, and selects the second printing mode on condition that the amount of the second ink to be used for forming the image is larger than the amount of the first ink to be used for forming the image, and a gloss value of a solid image with the second ink is greater than a gloss value of a solid image with the first ink.