Patent ID: 7850270
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head arraying a plurality of nozzles to execute recording of an image, the recording apparatus comprising: a drive unit configured to form a group with a defined number of nozzles, wherein two nozzles, adjacent to each other within said group, each belong to a different block, and the drive unit is configured to execute time-division driving of the blocks in the group according to a driving order corresponding to a recording mode; a recording control unit configured to execute scan recording to a recording medium in a first recording mode or a second recording mode, wherein each pass of scan recording in the second recording mode is executed using nozzles smaller in number than a number of nozzles used to execute each pass of scan recording in the first recording mode; a driving control unit configured to control the drive unit, wherein when the first recording mode is executed, a drive interval between the two nozzles, each belonging to a different block and both belonging to the same group, is larger than a drive interval between said two nozzles, when the second recording mode is executed; and a scanning control unit configured to execute the first recording mode that performs scan recording to the recording medium at a predetermined speed or the second recording mode that performs scan recording to the recording medium at a speed lower than the predetermined speed.