A print evaluating apparatus includes an image reader having a plurality of photoreceptors to read a print pattern line by line; relative movement causing device for imparting relative movement between the print pattern and the image reader in a direction different from a direction in which the photoreceptors are arranged; and a processor for effecting plural operations in parallel for plural evaluation items for image signals corresponding to the print pattern supplied by the image reader during the relative movement, and for effecting evaluation on data provided by the operations.