Patent ID: 8496312
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a carriage having a recording head including plural nozzles for ejecting ink; a moving unit configured to move the carriage having the recording head including the plural nozzles for ejecting ink; a platen including plate members connected in a carriage traveling direction and configured to support a recording medium when the plural nozzles of the carriage eject ink onto the recording medium; a transferring unit configured to transfer the recording medium in a transferring direction perpendicular to the carriage traveling direction; a recording control unit configured to record patterns at predetermined positions, a number of which corresponds to a number of plate members, in the carriage traveling direction on a surface of the recording medium supported by the platen while moving the carriage in forward and backward traveling directions to form a carriage traveling direction pattern array; a determination unit configured to determine ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction where the respective patterns are recorded on the surface of the recording medium; and a time control unit configured to linearly interpolate between the determined ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction on the surface of the recording medium to control ink ejecting times for respective intervals between the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction based on the linear interpolation between the determined ink ejecting times at the predetermined positions in the carriage traveling direction.