Patent Document ID: 20120188568
Application ID: 13356837
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a transport unit configured to transport a transparent medium in a transport direction; a first nozzle array having a plurality of nozzles arranged in the transport direction, the plurality of nozzles being configured to discharge ink for forming a color image to form a color dot on the medium; a second nozzle array having a plurality of nozzles arranged in the transport direction, the plurality of nozzles being configured to discharge ink for forming a background image to form a background dot on the medium; and a carriage configured to cause the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array to move along a moving direction intersecting the transport direction, wherein the color image and the background image are formed on the medium by repeating a dot formation operation of causing the ink to be discharged from the first nozzle array and the second nozzle array moving in the moving direction to form the color dot and the background dot on the medium and a transport operation of transporting the medium in the transport direction, and wherein a pixel in which the background dot is formed on the color dot and a pixel in which the color dot is formed on the background dot are mixed so as to form an area where the color image and the background image overlap.