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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Irvine, CA (US);
Tetsurou Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus is provided for performing recording of an image on a recording medium using a plurality of recording heads disposed at a predetermined interval in a scanning direction. The recording apparatus includes a scanning element for causing the plurality of recording heads to scan corresponding divided recording regions of an entire recording region of the recording medium. The entire recording region is divided into the recording regions in the scanning direction. The recording apparatus also includes a recording control element for causing the plurality of recording heads to perform one of recording in a first recording mode and a second recording mode when the scanning element causes the plurality of recording heads to scan the corresponding divided recording regions. In the first recording mode the recording control element causes at least two of the plurality of recording heads to perform recording of respective portions of an image on respective divided recording regions of the entire recording region. In the second recording mode the recording control element causes at least two of the plurality of recording heads to perform overlapped recording of at least a portion of an image on an overlapped recording region of the entire recording region.