Patent ID: 6896345

Claim:
A recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data of a plurality of colors by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, and storing the divided image data corresponding to each color of the plurality of colors in a divided area unit, and recording head position detection means for detecting a position of the recording head, comprising: a write control unit for controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for each color of the plurality of colors for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer; a read-out control unit for generating address information for reading of the stored image data; storage management means for storing in first storage means and managing first setting information for control of reading of image data according to the address information corresponding to the generated address information; record data generation means for reading the stored data from the buffer according to the first setting information stored in said storage management means and the address information, and generating record data; and recording head position control means for detecting a scanning position of the recording head for recording the generated data using the recording head position detection means, and controlling a recording position according to the detected scanning position information.