Patent ID: 9315017
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A recording apparatus that includes at least a first nozzle row and a second nozzle row that are aligned in a predetermined alignment direction, the first nozzle row including a first plurality of nozzles that are overlapped in the alignment direction with a second plurality of nozzles of the second nozzle row, and the first and second nozzle rows and a recording substrate relatively move in a relative movement direction different from the alignment direction, the recording apparatus comprising: a processing unit that, when a defective nozzle which forms a defective dot is included in the plurality of first nozzles of the first nozzle row, causes a first closest nozzle of the second nozzle row that is located proximate to the defective nozzle to be selected as a first complementary nozzle and a second closest nozzle of the second nozzle row that is located proximate to the defective nozzle to be selected as a second complementary nozzle, wherein complementary dots that complement a dot which is supposed to be formed by the defective nozzle are formed by the first complementary nozzle and the second complementary nozzle, and wherein the processing unit sets a ratio of complementary dots formed by the first complementary nozzle with respect to complementary dots formed by the first complementary nozzle and the second complementary nozzle to be a ratio obtained depending on a distance between the defective nozzle and the first complementary nozzle in the alignment direction.