Patent ID: 6260945
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus provided with recording means for printing on a recording material in accordance with received printing data; scanning means for causing the recording means to correlatively scan with respect to the recording material; and head driving means for driving the recording means for printing on the recording material during the correlative scan of the recording means by the scanning means, comprising:scanning speed setting means for setting and changing scanning speeds of the scanning means;determining means for determining recording areas on the recording material in accordance with the printing data, said determining means determining amounts of recording area and non-recording area in an area for scanning the recording means; andcontrolling means for controlling said scanning speed setting means to control the scanning speeds of the scanning means in accordance with the printing data, and determining a changed speed based on an amount of the non-recording area and controlling such that scanning speeds of said scanning means are changed to the determined changed speed in the non-recording area determined by said determining means, wherein said control means determines a speed for scanning the recording means in accordance with an area where the recording means is moved by a previous scanning and the amount of recording area in the area for scanning the recording means.