Patent ID: 7967411

Claim:
A printing apparatus performing a printing of an image by ejecting ink from a printing head in which a plurality of ejection ports is arranged, the printing apparatus comprising: a wiping mechanism capable of wiping an ejection port face in which the plurality of ejection ports is arranged; an ejection energy generating element drive mechanism which drives a plurality of blocks of ejection ports at a block unit in order; a printing mode setting mechanism which sets a printing mode used in printing from a plurality of printing modes different in drive interval in which the ejection energy generating element corresponding to an adjacent ejection port is driven at the block unit; and a wiping interval adjusting mechanism configured to control a drive of the ejection energy generating element at an order of the drive corresponding to the printing mode set, wherein the wiping interval adjusting mechanism makes an interval from a last wiping to a next wiping different according to the printing mode.