Printing apparatus and printing method

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a print unit configured to perform printing on a print medium held by a holding unit, the holding unit being capable of holding multiple types of print medium;
• a detecting unit capable of detecting the print medium and the holding unit;
• a movement unit capable of relatively moving the detecting unit and the holding unit in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
• and
• a control unit configured to control the detecting unit and the movement unit, in a case where a first print medium is held by the holding unit and the print unit performs printing on the held first print medium, to obtain position information of the first print medium before the print unit performs printing and configured not to obtain position information of a second print medium different from the first print medium with use of the detecting unit, in a case where the second print medium is held by the holding unit and the print unit performs printing on the held second print medium.