Patent ID: 7686411

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 selecting a block of a predetermined number of the nozzles in said nozzle away in synchronism with a predetermined signal; driving means for driving the nozzles in the block selected by said selecting means; managing means for managing information of the block selected by said selecting means, for each group of said nozzle arrays; generating means for generating, for each nozzle array, driving data including information indicative of a block to be selected by said selecting means and block data corresponding to the block, on the basis of the information of the block managed by said managing means; and transfer means for transferring the driving data generated by said generating means to said recording head, wherein said managing means executes its operation on the basis of holding means for holding information indicative of the block and a pointer designating an address in said holding means.