Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus that superposedly forms an image layer representing an image and a specific glossy layer that is different from the image layer on a printing medium, including: a first connection unit that can be connected to a basic color ink container containing three primary color inks of which combination is used for performing color representation; a second connection unit that can be connected to a specific color ink container containing a specific color ink other than the three primary color inks; a reception unit that receives a kind of print available ink; a print head where nozzle columns in which a plurality of nozzles are aligned in a predetermined direction are arrayed in a direction intersecting an alignment direction of the nozzles in the nozzle columns, and at least one of specific color nozzle columns ejecting the specific color ink among the nozzle columns is disposed as an end-portion specific color nozzle column to at least one of end portions of the print head in the arra

Abstract: An image processing apparatus for printing an image by recording a plural kinds of ink dots having different sizes on a print medium includes a print image placement acquiring unit which acquires placement of print images on the print medium, in which the print images are to be printed on the print medium, and a print data generating unit which generates print data representing a recording state of the plural kinds of dots on the basis of ink amount data representing ink amount which is recorded on the print medium, in which the print data generating unit generates the print data so that the number of recordings for a specific kind of dots of the plural kinds of ink dots has different values according to placement of the print image with respect to the same ink amount data.