Patent ID: 6102520
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus in which recording is effected using a black ink recording head for ejecting a black ink onto a recording material and a plurality of non-black ink recording heads for ejecting a non-black ink onto the recording material, recording being performed such that a recorded pixel comprises a plurality of dots, comprising:recording head driving means for driving said black ink recording head and said non-black ink recording head to discharge the inks onto the recording material;relative movement means for effecting a relative scanning movement between said black ink recording head and the recording material and between said non-black ink recording head and the recording material; andcontrolling means for controlling said recording head driving means such that during a first said relative scanning movement effected by said relative movement means, recording is effected by scanning, relative to the recording material, said black ink recording head with skipped dots and scanning by said non-black recording heads with skipped dots in a region of the recording material, and during a second said relative scanning movement effected by said relative moving means, recording is effected only by said black ink recording head, for pixels including the dot skipped by said black ink recording head during said first relative movement, by scanning said black ink recording head in such a region of the recording material as was scanned in said first said relative scanning movement.