A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit that allows a print head to print on a recording medium in a forward path and a return path by reciprocating the print head with respect to the recording medium; a correcting unit that performs correction for a misalignment between printing in the forward path and printing in the return path based on a correction value; an acquisition unit that acquires a temperature inside the printing apparatus or an ambient temperature thereof and/or a counter value which increases or decreases each time a predetermined operation is performed by the printing apparatus; a correction value candidate acquisition unit that acquires correction value candidates based on the temperature and/or the counter value; and a printing example output unit that outputs printing examples of which position discrepancies are corrected in accordance with correction value candidates for each correction value candidate.