Patent ID: 7188919

Claim:
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising: a liquid discharge head including at least one first nozzle having a discharge driving element connected to discharge amount control means which is capable of individually controlling a liquid discharge amount of the at least one first nozzle, and at least one second nozzle having a discharge driving element which is never connected to a discharge amount control means that is capable of individually controlling a liquid discharge amount of the at least one second nozzle, the at least one second nozzle discharging the same liquid as liquid discharged from the at least one first nozzle; and control means for controlling said liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid to each of a plurality of pixels on a substrate so that each of the plurality of pixels is formed by a plurality of liquid discharges discharged from a set of nozzles including the at least one first nozzle and at the least one second nozzle.