Patent ID: 7926893

Claim:
A recording apparatus that scans a recording head in a main scanning direction to perform time-division driving for a plurality of blocks of recording elements, the recording head including a recording element array having a plurality of recording elements, each of blocks including recording elements located at discrete positions in the recording element array, the recording apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store recording data items; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information regarding inclination of the recording element array with respect to the main scanning direction; a first changing unit configured to change, in units of the recording elements, based on the obtained information, storage positions of recording data items in the main scanning direction that are stored in the storage unit and that are assigned to recording elements in each of groups, each of the groups including recording elements belonging to the blocks in the recording element array which are consecutive; and a second changing unit configured to change, in units of the groups, based on the obtained information, the storage positions of the recording data items in the main scanning direction.