Patent ID: 8113614
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
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 so as to include an adjacent nozzle among the plurality of nozzles in a different block and to execute time-division driving of the block of 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; and a driving control unit configured to control the drive unit, wherein a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the first recording mode is larger than a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the second recording mode.