Patent ID: 6846064

Claim:
A recording head comprising: a first ejection outlet array having a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting liquid, said ejection outlets being disposed at predetermined intervals; a second ejection outlet array having a plurality of ejection outlets for ejecting liquid, said second ejection outlet array extending along a direction in which said first ejection outlet array extends such that said second ejection outlet array is not overlapped with said first ejection outlet array in the direction or a direction perpendicular to the direction, said ejection outlets of said second ejection outlet array being disposed at said predetermined intervals, wherein an end portion of said first ejection outlet array is disposed adjacent to an end portion of said second ejection outlet array; and a plurality of supplementing ejection outlets disposed close to at least one of the end portions of said first ejection outlet array and said second ejection outlet array such that said supplementing ejection outlets are overlapped with another one of the end portions in the direction in which said first ejection outlet array extends, wherein all of said supplementing ejection outlets are disposed at intervals which are smaller than said predetermined intervals at which the ejection outlets of said first and second ejection outlet arrays are disposed.