Patent ID: 7011391

Claim:
A printing apparatus, for forming a color image by applying different color inks to a printing material while bi-directionally moving a recording head to scan the printing material, said apparatus comprising: control means for effecting recording by application of ink for each pixel area as a unit, the pixel area representing a primary or secondary color, said control means being effective to control a number of ink droplets of each color applied to each pixel area and an amount of the ink applied by a unit application of the ink; changing means for changing an order of applications of the inks of different colors to be applied at least at one amount for printing the secondary color to a secondary color pixel area; and forming means for forming the secondary color while making the order of applications of the inks to at least one of a plurality of the secondary color pixel areas arranged along a predetermined direction different from the order of another, by said changing means, wherein dots of different colors applied to the pixel area are at least partly overlapped with each other.