Patent ID: 7306314

Claim:
A recording apparatus that performs recording with a recording head having at least one recording element row containing a plurality of recording elements arranged in a direction differing from a main scanning direction, the recording elements of the recording element row being divided into a plurality of blocks, the recording apparatus comprising: a position signal generating unit configured to generate a recording position signal with respect to the main scanning direction; a data generating unit configured to generate recording data; an enabling signal generating unit configured to generate, based on information about inclination of the recording element row and the recording position signal generated by the position signal generating unit, a plurality of first enabling signals that enable the data generating unit to generate recording data on a block-by-block basis in the main scanning direction, and a plurality of second enabling signals that correspond to the respective first enabling signals delayed by a time interval and enable the recording elements to be driven on a block-by-block basis; and a drive unit configured to drive the recording elements on a block-by-block basis according to the second enabling signals.