Patent ID: 7661786

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording material using a recording head for ejecting ink including pigment, comprising: executing means for executing a first recording mode for recording an image on an area of a first recording material through a plurality of recording scans by the recording head using a first mask pattern for determining an arrangement of recordable pixels which are recordable in each of the recording scans, and a second recording mode for recording an image on an area of a second recording material through a plurality of recording scans by the recording head using a second mask pattern for determining an arrangement of recordable pixels which are recordable in each of the recording scans in the second recording mode, wherein a number of the recording scans for the area in the first recording mode is the same as a number of the recording scans for the area in the second recording mode, wherein the first recording material is glossy paper and the second recording material is matte paper, and wherein the first mask pattern determines the arrangement so that adjacent pixels are recordable in the same recording scan and the second mask pattern determines the arrangement so that adjacent pixels are not recorded in the same recording scan.