A printing apparatus includes a head having a plurality of ink discharging portions provided in a juxtaposed linear relationship. A discharging direction of an ink droplet to be discharged from each ink discharging portion can be deflected in a plurality of directions. A printing resolution is determined in response to print data from among a plurality of printing resolutions, and the ink discharging portion from which an ink droplet is to be discharged are selected based on the determined printing resolution. Further, the discharging direction of an ink droplet of each selected ink discharging portion is determined, and a discharge execution signal with which the discharging direction is specified is transmitted to the selected ink discharging portion so that printing is executed with the printing resolution determined in response to the print data from among the plurality of printing resolutions.
