Patent ID: 6923522

Claim:
A recording method for recording an image having a plurality of pixels, the pixels including a pixel composed of a plurality of dots, the number of dots being determined based on a tone level value information distributed to each pixel, comprising the steps of: providing a recording head having a plurality of recording elements arranged in a predetermined direction for forming the dots on a recording medium; performing a first main scan by effecting a relative movement between said recording head and said recording medium in a first direction crossing the predetermined direction and forming a part of the plurality of dots which comprise the pixel, by a first recording element; performing a sub-scan by effecting a relative movement between said recording head and said recording medium in a second direction crossing the first direction, by a distance smaller than the width of an arrangement of the plurality of recording elements; performing a second main scan by effecting a relative movement between said recording head and said recording medium in the first direction and forming the plurality of dots which comprise the pixel including the dot formed during the first record main scan, by a second recording element; and the dots of the number corresponding to the tone level designated by an image data for said each pixel are formed while a plurality of the main scans including said first and second main scans are performed, and, at completion of recording the image, two adjacent dots in said pixels are formed by non-adjacent recording elements of said plurality of recording elements arranged in said predetermined direction, wherein said adjacent dots are formed in individual different positions in said pixel.