Printing apparatus and printing method

摘要

The present invention is to provide a printing apparatus and printing method capable of stably printing an image with high accuracy by avoiding effects of a dimensional error and printing characteristics specific to a printing head and a mounting error of the printing head. For this purpose, a printing condition detector as detection means is mounted to a carriage moving in a primary scanning direction, and a printing head is mounted replaceably to the carriage. An image printed on a printing medium by the printing head is detected by the printing condition detector, and the printing head is controlled according to the detection result.