Printing apparatus

The utility model provides a printing device capable of shortening time required by printing. The printing apparatus includes: a communication unit capable of communicating with an external apparatus;a print head having a plurality of print needles; a carriage on which the print head is mounted; and a control unit that controls the print head and the carriage. The control unit controls the printing unit on the basis of the print data received by the communication unit. Whether the grid line character and the non-grid line character different from the grid line character are included in the line of the printing object or not is judged. Determining that the grid line character is included in the row; and if the non-grid line character is not included in the row, determining that the non-grid line character is not included in the row. And a control unit that performs control such that printing is performed by one scanning of the row through the carriage, and performs control such that printing is performed by tw