Patent ID: 8506034

Claim:
A printing apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium, which is transported in a transport direction, by forming dots by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles while moving the nozzles in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction, the printing apparatus comprising: a printing apparatus controller that allows a user to select whether to print the image on the medium as an image to be seen through the medium or as an image to be seen directly, wherein the printing apparatus controller displays a printing mode-selecting section which selects a printing mode on a user interface screen, the printing mode-selecting section allowing the user to select whether the image will be seen through the medium or directly, wherein a first printing type is displayed on the user interface screen when the user selects that the image will be seen through the medium, the first printing type defining a transportation operation of transporting the medium and a dot-forming operation of forming the dots by ejecting ink while moving the nozzles, and wherein a second printing type is displayed on the user interface screen when the user selects that the image will be seen directly, the second printing type being different from the first printing type in at least one of the transportation operation and the dot-forming operation.