Patent ID: 8547600

Claim:
A printing apparatus, comprising: a communication connection part configured to establish a connection to a printing setting apparatus so as to enable a communication therewith; a ground pattern addition setting part configured to make a setting for adding a first ground pattern; a ground pattern adding part configured to add the first ground pattern to printing data received from the printing setting apparatus in response to the ground pattern addition setting part making the setting for adding the first ground pattern; a ground pattern changing part configured to replace a second ground pattern with the first ground pattern by ignoring the second ground pattern and enabling the ground pattern adding part to add the first ground pattern to the printing data in response to receiving the printing data having the second ground pattern added thereto from the printing setting apparatus when the setting for adding the first ground pattern is made by the ground pattern addition setting part; and a processing part configured to process the printing data having one of the first ground pattern and the second ground pattern added thereto.