Patent ID: 6302520
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A recording apparatus which records on a recording medium by scanning with a recording means having a plurality of recording portions for recording respectively a plurality of colors, each of said recording portions corresponding to each of the colors, said apparatus comprising:setting means for setting one of a color recording mode for recording a multi-color image and a monochromatic recording mode for recording a monochromatic image;determining means for determining information corresponding to a drive load with which the recording means is driven for image forming on the recording medium in a predetermined time period based on recording data corresponding to a region of a scanning recording width of the recording means;driving means for driving the recording means, the recording means being driven with a drive load, said driving means having a first recording mode for driving the recording means with a first drive load and a second recording mode for driving the recording means with a second drive load, wherein the first drive load is smaller than the second drive load; andcontrolling means for controlling said driving means to the first recording mode when the information corresponding to the drive load determined by said determining means indicates the drive load is of a first degree, and to the second recording mode when the information corresponding to the drive load determined by the determining means indicates the drive load is of a second degree smaller than the first degree, as a consequence of said setting means setting the color recording mode,wherein all of the recording portions are scanned simultaneously when recording on the recording medium.