Patent ID: 9044952
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus which records an image on a recording medium using a recording unit including recording element arrays, wherein each recording element array has a plurality of recording elements which is arranged, the recording apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain, in a case where the recording apparatus performs a maintenance operation of the recording unit before recording an image based on a recording job, a first result of reading a first inspection pattern for detecting a defective recording element with a first resolution, and to obtain, in a case where a number of recording mediums, which have a recorded image, is larger than a predetermined number in recording the image based on the recording job, a second result of reading a second inspection pattern for detecting a recording element group including the defective recording element with a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution; a determination unit configured to determine the defective recording element from among the plurality of recording elements based on the obtained first result, and to determine a defective recording element group from among a plurality of recording element groups based on the obtained second result; and an assigning unit configured to assign data for recording image to be assigned to the defective recording element determined by the determination unit to at least one of the plurality of recording elements other than the defective recording element, and to assign data for recording image to be assigned to the defective recording element group determined by the determination unit to the recording elements other than the recording elements included in the defective recording element group.