Patent ID: 6729713
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus for carrying out recording by using a plurality of ink discharging units, which generate thermal energy for discharging ink,wherein said plurality of ink discharging units include a black (Bk) ink discharging unit, a light magenta (LM) ink discharging unit, a dark magenta (M) ink discharging unit, a light cyan (LC) ink discharging unit, a dark cyan (C) ink discharging unit and a yellow (Y) ink discharging unit, and wherein said ink discharging units are arranged in an order in a predetermined direction so that the light magenta (LM) ink discharging unit and the light cyan (LC) ink discharging unit are positioned so as not to be adjacent to each other, and at least one of the light magenta (LM) ink discharging unit and the light cyan (LC) ink discharging unit is positioned so as to be adjacent to the black (BK) ink discharging unit.