Patent ID: 8419153

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising: an ink applying unit configured to apply a plurality of inks including a first ink and a second ink, by a plurality of scans to a unit area of a recording material to record an image; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information relating to an amount ratio of an amount of the first ink to be applied to the unit area by said ink applying unit to an amount of the second ink to be applied to the unit area by said ink applying unit; a determining unit configured to determine a recording permission ratio of the first ink onto the unit area in each of the plurality of scans in accordance with the information obtained by said obtaining unit such that (i) the recording permission ratio of the first ink in a latter part of a scan, when the amount ratio is a first predetermined ratio, is higher than the recording permission ratio of the first ink in the latter part of the scan when the amount ratio is larger than the first predetermined ratio, or (ii) the recording permission ratio of the first ink in the final scan, when the amount ratio is a second predetermined ratio, is higher than the recording permission ratio of the first ink in the final scan when the amount ratio is larger than the second predetermined ratio; and a control unit configured to cause said ink applying unit to apply the first ink according to the recording permission ratio determined by said determining unit.