Patent ID: 6145960
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus which carries out recording using a recording head with a plurality of ink discharge orifices provided at predetermined intervals for recording on a recording medium, said ink jet recording apparatus comprising:scanning means for scanning said recording head in a main scanning direction, in which recording is carried out on a unit area on the recording medium, said unit area corresponding to said plurality of ink discharge orifices;transfer means for transporting said recording medium in a subscanning direction in contrast to said main scanning direction; andrecording control means for recording on said one unit area based on recording data by driving said recording head, during the time in which said recording head is being driven in the main scanning direction,wherein said recording control means increases a transfer amount of transporting said recording medium in the subscanning direction by an amount less than that of the predetermined interval as compared with a height of each subdivided area into which said unit area is divided on said recording medium in a multipass print mode on which recording is performed based on the recording data for said subdivided area of said recording medium in a plurality of scannings of said recording head in the main scanning direction.