Printing apparatus and printing method

A printing method of performing printing using a printing apparatus in which a print head including a plurality of ejection ports formed therein is capable of being mounted, a liquid being ejected through the ejection ports, the printing method comprising:

• a first ejection state sensing process step of carrying out an ejection state sensing process of determining whether or not ejected droplets are normal, during a single process, on all the ejection ports formed in the print head;
• and
• a second ejection state sensing process step of carrying out the ejection state sensing process on the ejection ports in a part of a plurality of ejection port groups into which the plurality of ejection ports formed in the print head are divided, the second ejection state sensing process step being carried out between end of printing of one print medium and start of printing of a next print medium.