Patent ID: 8038247

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by scanning the recording medium with a recording head for discharging ink, the recording apparatus comprising: a thinning unit configured to thin data for discharging ink by the recording head on a plurality of areas formed by dividing set regions, including at least a first set region and second set region, corresponding to scanning regions to be recorded each by one scan of the recording head in a scan direction; and a recording head drive unit configured to discharge ink by driving the recording head based on data which has been thinned by the thinning unit, wherein a boundary between areas of the first set region is located at a different position in the scan direction from that of a boundary between areas of the second set region, which is adjacent to the first set region in a direction crossing the scan direction, and, wherein the set regions have a shorter length than that of the scanning regions in a direction orthogonal to the scan direction.