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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Yuji Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kanemitsu, Irvine, CA (US);
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Irvine, CA (US);
Makoto Takemura, Irvine, CA (US);
Miyuki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by a plurality of recording heads, a scan unit has a carriage capable of mounting the recording heads at a predetermined interval and causes the recording heads to scan corresponding divided recording areas. A record control unit causes the recording heads to conduct a first record mode to record an area of a first recording width in a direction of scan by shared recording by the recording heads of the corresponding recording areas and a second record mode to record an area of a second recording width smaller than the recording width of the first recording width by causing at least one of the recording heads to record in the corresponding divided recording area when the corresponding divided recording areas are scanned. A distance between two recording apparatus mounted at outermost positions in the arrangement of the recording heads on the carriage is not larger than a difference between the first recording width and the second recording width.