Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method

摘要

This invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus of a low cost construction having a plurality of print head units arranged at equal intervals and capable of forming a high quality image at high speed. A plurality of print head units each having a plurality of ink ejection nozzles are arranged side by side in the scan direction. An ink volume applied to a unit area of a print medium by at least the print head unit situated most upstream in the scan direction is set greater than those applied by the other print head units.