Patent ID: 8308261
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus in which a line head is configured by arranging a plurality of nozzles, some of which are made to overlap, of short nozzle rows each having a jetting nozzle row arranged in one direction relative to a conveyance direction of a recording medium being conveyed by a conveyance mechanism and which records an image by jetting ink from jetting nozzles onto the recording medium, comprising: a conveyance information generating unit which generates conveyance information indicating a conveyance distance of the recording medium; a recording medium detecting unit which detects an edge of the recording medium being conveyed; and a recording data controlling unit which performs a density correction of an image recorded by an overlapping portion of the short nozzle rows on the basis of a detection result of the recording medium detecting unit and the conveyance information obtained from the conveyance information generating unit.