Patent ID: 7950762

Claim:
A recording apparatus for effecting recording by scanningly moving a recording head, wherein said apparatus is provided with a group of a plurality of arrays each including a plurality of nozzles, wherein said group is responsive to one-color recording data, said recording apparatus comprising: selecting means for time-division drive for each of blocks of nozzles in the nozzle array in synchronism with cyclic signals. driving means for driving the block selected by said selecting means; a register storing a number of pieces of discriminative information corresponding to a number of blocks in the nozzle array, for each nozzle array group; reading means for reading the discriminative information out of said register on the basis of information of an order of the blocks to be read for each in a predetermined period for each nozzle array group, information of a number of the blocks to be driven in the predetermined period and a read starting address of said register; transfer means for transferring, to said recording head, drive information including the discriminative information read by said reading means and block data corresponding to the discriminative information; and control means for controlling said reading means and said transfer means in synchronism with the cyclic signals.