Patent ID: 6027196
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus utilizing recording heads corresponding to plural inks of different densities for forming an image on a recording medium by discharging said plural inks of different densities according to image data, comprising:detection means-for detecting a condition inducing a variation in a discharge state of said recording heads; andmeans for distributing said image data to output data respectively corresponding to said plural inks of different densities, according to the detection by said detection means and according to an image density indicated by the image data, the output data for recording with said plural inks of different densities at the image density indicated by the image data, wherein said means for distributing selects, from plural distribution tables defining a proportion of use of said plural inks of different densities, a distribution table according to the detection by said detection means, wherein said plural inks of different densities consist of a first ink of a high image density and a second ink of a low image density, and wherein said plural distribution tables include a first table for reference when recording with said first ink and said second ink, a second table for reference when recording with said first ink only, and a third table for reference when recording with said second ink only.