Patent attributes
A printing apparatus includes a time-division driving unit configured to divide a plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks, and between a target reference signal and the next reference signal, and to drive the plurality of printing elements at a time interval for each of the blocks on a basis of the target reference signal to thereby perform one column of printing. In a case where, in a first column, a time, which is after the target reference signal is acquired and until the next reference signal is acquired, is shorter than a time required for one column of printing, the time-division driving unit drives the plurality of printing elements so that a time required for printing the second column, in which the next printing is performed, becomes shorter than a time required for one column of printing in the first column.
