Patent ID: 7651185

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium by a recording unit during a relative movement between the recording unit and the recording medium, the recording unit configured to discharge small ink droplets and large ink droplets larger than the small ink droplets, the large ink droplets and the small ink droplets being the same color, comprising: a counting unit configured to count a number of discharge data for discharging the small ink droplets to be used for forming a band to be recorded by the recording unit during one relative movement; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not to perform a process for replacing discharge data for discharging at least one of the small ink droplets used for forming at least one raster positioned at an end portion of the band with discharge data for discharging at least one large ink droplet, based on a count value obtained by the counting unit; and a process unit configured to perform the process based on a determination result by the determining unit.