Patent ID: 7850272

Claim:
A recording apparatus for performing recording by scanning a recording head, the recording apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire temperature information of the recording head; a generation unit configured to generate a signal that indicates outputting of an output voltage based on the temperature information; a voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be output to the recording head based on the signal; and a control unit configured to simultaneously perform preliminary ejection processing in an interval between a previous scan and a next scan of the recording head and output processing of the signal, wherein the voltage control unit is a DC-to-DC converter, the DC-to-DC converter including a discharge circuit configured to perform discharge processing based on a signal, output from the control unit, indicating discharge, and wherein a time constant for discharge of the discharge circuit is a value that enables discharge of a controllable voltage width in a period of time shorter than a stop interval of the recording head between a previous scan and a next scan.