Patent ID: 9156249
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus in which a plurality of nozzles aligned in a predetermined aligning direction and a matter for recording relatively move in a relative movement direction which is different from the aligning direction, and overlapping recording in which dots of a raster facing the relative movement direction are formed using a plurality of scanning operations is performed, and in which the plurality of nozzles include a defective nozzle which forms a defective dot, a substitute nozzle which forms a dot using another scanning operation on a first raster which is to be recorded using the defective nozzle, and a vicinity formation nozzle which forms a dot on a second raster neighboring the first raster, the recording apparatus comprising: a plurality of complementing units which form a complementing dot for complementing a dot to be formed using the defective nozzle; and a selection unit which selects any complementing unit from among the plurality of complementing units, wherein the plurality of complementing units includes a substitute nozzle complementing unit which forms the complementing dot on the first raster using the substitute nozzle without using the vicinity formation nozzle, and a combination complementing unit which forms the complementing dot on the first raster using the substitute nozzle, and on the second raster using the vicinity formation nozzle.