Patent ID: 6890072
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: conveying means for conveying a recording medium in a predetermined conveying direction; a recording head for recording on the recording medium conveyed by said conveying means; and at least two rib rows for guiding the recording medium conveyed by said conveying means at a position facing said recording head and having a plurality of ribs arranged in a direction intersecting a conveying direction of the recording medium, ribs of one of said rib rows being arranged in a pattern different from a ribs of another of said rib rows, wherein recording data is divided into a plurality of data blocks so that recording is performed on a leading end or a rear end of the recording medium, with respect to the conveying direction, by a plurality of recording operations performed by positioning the leading end or the rear end of the recording medium on each of said at least two ribs rows, and the recording data is divided into the data blocks so that a recording operation based on each data block is not performed at a portion where the recording medium is superimposed with a rib and a portion corresponding to a vicinity thereof.