Patent ID: 8556362
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that records an image by causing a recording head for ejecting inks of multiple colors to scan each unit region of a recording medium, the apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit for obtaining values related to the respective amounts of the inks to be ejected to each of sub-regions obtained by dividing the unit region in a scanning direction; a determining unit for determining a number of scans for the unit region including a sub-region of interest on the basis of values related to the respective amounts of the inks for the sub-region of interest and neighboring sub-regions adjacent to the sub-region of interest; and a control unit for performing recording by causing the recording head to scan the unit region including the sub-region of interest a number of times represented by the determined number of scans, wherein the determining unit determines the number of scans for the unit region based on a difference in values related to the respective amounts of the inks between the sub-region of interest and the neighboring sub-regions, and also on values related to the respective amounts of the inks for the sub-region of interest.