Patent ID: 8628164

Claim:
A recording apparatus which records an image on a recording medium using a recording unit including recording element arrays, wherein each recording array has a plurality of recording elements which are arranged, the recording apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read, in the case a control unit has not received a recording job, a first inspection pattern for detecting a defective recording element with a first resolution, and read, in the case the control unit has received a recording job, a second inspection pattern for detecting a recording element group including the defective recording element with a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; a determination unit configured to determine, in the case the reading unit reads the first inspection pattern with the first resolution, whether each of the plurality of recording element is the defective recording element in accordance with a result of the reading, and determine, in the case the reading unit reads the second inspection pattern with the second resolution, whether each of a plurality of recording element groups each consisting of at least two recording elements is a defective recording element group including the defective recording element in accordance with a result of the reading; and a generation unit configured to generate data of an image to be recorded in accordance with a result of the determination made by the determination unit, wherein, in the case the reading unit performs the reading of the first inspection pattern with the first resolution, the generation unit generates data so that an image to be recorded using the defective recording element determined by the determination unit is recorded using at least one of recording elements other than the defective recording element in a compensation manner, and wherein, in the case the reading unit performs the reading of the second inspection pattern with the second resolution, the generation unit generates data so that an image to be recorded using the defective recording element group determined by the determination unit is recorded using recording elements other than the recording elements included in the defective recording element group in a compensation manner.