Patent ID: 6655773
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B41J,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising:a recording head having an array of a plurality of recording elements for performing recording on a recording medium; and gray scale control means for performing multilevel recording by controlling, according to a predetermined gray scale pattern, a number of dots to be recorded in a single pixel formed of a plurality of recording dots formed by said recording elements of said recording head, wherein said predetermined gray scale pattern includes a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of discrete locations for forming dots and an area smaller than an area of said single pixel, and in which dots to be recorded in each of said plurality of blocks are recorded starting from almost a center location thereof, and as the number of dots recorded in said single pixel increases, the number of dots to be recorded in said plurality of blocks increases by a predetermined amount in a predetermined order such that consecutive dots are not recorded in the same block of said plurality of blocks.