Printing apparatus and printing method

A printing method by using a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including

• a control unit,
• a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a first direction,
• a carriage configured to move in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
• a first printing unit held by the carriage, and
• a second printing unit held by the carriage, the second printing unit being arranged at least one of a position further upstream and a position further downstream than a position of the first printing unit, wherein
• a length of the second printing unit in the first direction is shorter than a length of the first printing unit in the first direction, and
• the control unit causes the second printing unit to be available when a printing mode of the printing apparatus is a multi-pass mode.