Patent ID: 7481516
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit having nozzle arrays corresponding to first and second inks, and configured to perform recording by discharging the first ink and the second ink in that order during a first scanning motion in a first direction, and discharging the second ink and the first ink in that order during a second scanning motion in a second direction; a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium in a direction orthogonal to the first and second directions by an amount less than the width of the nozzle arrays, the recording medium including unit regions each having a width less than the width of the nozzle arrays; and a recording control unit configured to perform recording on a first unit region of the unit regions by scanning the recording unit over the first unit region an even number of times, and to perform recording on a second unit region adjacent to the first unit region by scanning the recording unit over the second unit region an odd number of times, wherein the last of the scanning motions of the recording unit over the first and second unit regions is made in the first direction.