Patent ID: 8979234
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head including a plurality of recording elements driven for ejecting a first ink droplet of a first volume and a second ink droplet of a second volume smaller than the first volume of the first ink droplet and having the same color as the first ink droplet for forming an image on a recording medium, wherein the recording head and the recording medium are relatively scanned in a predetermined direction, and the recording head performs recording on the recording medium by ejecting ink droplets, during the scanning, from a plurality of ejection ports provided on the recording head corresponding to the plurality of recording elements; and a determining unit configured to determine a cycle for driving each of the plurality of recording elements such that the recording element for ejecting the first ink droplet is driven a plurality of times at constant cycle by predetermined intervals and the recording element for ejecting the second ink droplet is driven a plurality of times at constant cycle by predetermined intervals during the scanning of the print head, and the cycle for driving the recording element for ejecting the first ink droplet is shorter than the cycle for driving the recording element for ejecting the second ink droplet.