Printing apparatus and printing method

In the ink jet printing apparatus, when the rear end of the printing medium fed from the nip portion between a pair of rollers in the conveying mechanism, conveying the printing medium caused by the additional printing position shifting effect on the composite image. More specifically, in a printing medium fed from the printing operation of a pair of rollers in the rear end portion of the printing medium, in a position of the guide shaft lifting the carriage support, wherein the print head change - the distance between the medium to expand the print head and the distance between the medium (S402). Thus, since the print head - caused by the change in position down the distance between the medium is widened, so that the shift down position since the printing medium caused by the extra transmission made inconspicuous.