A printing method includes a step of forming a first image by ejecting a pretreatment liquid, and a step of forming a second image on the first image by ejecting a colored ink onto the first image. Here, the first image is allowed to include an extra portion by which the edge of the first image exists on the outside of the edge of the second image. Further, an amount of the ejection of the pretreatment liquid onto the extra portion per area at a position on the extra portion is allowed to be decreased further as the position is located further toward the outside from the edge of the second image.