Patent ID: 6942311

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: ink-jet heads provided for respective colors including a specific color, each being formed by arranging a plurality of head units in a transversal direction perpendicular to a printing direction; and a printing timing regulating section which regulates printing timings of the respective head units so as to make the printing position of a nozzle located at an end of each of the head units of the ink-jet head of the specific color and the printing position of a nozzle located at the opposite end of an adjacent head unit coincide in the printing direction, wherein the printing timing regulating section is configured to regulate the printing timings of the ink-jet heads of the colors other than the specific color in such a way that the segments printed by the respective head units of the ink-jet heads of the colors other than the specific color and having the same size as the segments printed by the head units of the ink-jet head of the specific color are registered at the respective centers thereof without realignment of any of the ink-jet heads.