Patent ID: 7431426

Claim:
A recording apparatus having a print head formed by an array of a plurality of chips, each chip having a plurality of recording elements for recording an image arranged in a first direction, the print head being arranged in the first direction so as to have an overlap portion, in which adjacent chips overlap for a predetermined number of recording elements, and for recording, while transporting a recording medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, an image to be recorded on the recording medium by driving the recording elements of the print head based on print data corresponding to the image to be recorded, comprising: a determination unit for determining whether or not an end of the image to be recorded is to be printed by the overlap portion; and a control unit for controlling, if a determination that the end is to be printed by the overlap portion is made by the determination unit, so as to use only one of the chips overlapping at the overlap portion for recording the image, and controlling, if a determination that the end is not to be printed by the overlap portion is made by the determination unit, so as to use the recording elements corresponding to a same recording portion for both chips overlapping at the overlap portion to record the image corresponding to the overlap portion.