Patent ID: 7084996

Claim:
A recording device, comprising: a recording mode setting unit setting a recording mode among a plurality of recording modes; a parameter setting unit setting, according to the set recording mode, one set of parameter signals among a plurality of sets of parameter signals, the plurality of sets of parameter signals corresponding to the plurality of recording modes, respectively, each set of parameter signals including several parameter signals; a waveform generating unit receiving the one set of parameter signals set by the parameter setting unit and producing, based on the received one set of parameter signals, one set of waveforms among a plurality of sets of waveforms, the plurality of sets of waveforms corresponding to the plurality of recording modes, respectively, each set of waveforms including several waveforms; a plurality of selection units, each selection unit selecting, based on pixel image information, one of the several waveforms which are produced by the waveform generating unit; and a plurality of recording elements which are provided in one to one correspondence with the plurality of selection units, each recording element being supplied with a driving pulse of the one waveform selected by the corresponding selection unit, thereby performing a corresponding dot recording operation.