Patent ID: 6025928
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by using a plurality of recording heads arranged at a predetermined interval in a scan direction across a recording area, said plurality of recording heads capable of recording in at least one common color, said apparatus comprising:scan means for causing said recording heads to scan corresponding divided recording areas;record control means for causing at least one of said recording heads to record in at least first and second record modes, the first record mode to record at least one of the corresponding divided recording areas, and the second record mode to record an overlapping recording area in which said recording heads record in an overlapped manner by cooperation of at least two recording heads, when said scan means causes said recording heads to scan the corresponding divided recording areas; anddefinition means for defining positions of a recording medium at a plurality of reference positions, wherein one of said plurality of reference positions corresponds to the overlapping recording area.