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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1994
Akio Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hisashi Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color image recording apparatus that detects a non-uniformity in recorded pixels of a recorded color image. In the apparatus, a recording device has a plurality of recording units, each of the recording units having a plurality of nozzles which record different pixels, respectively. The plural recording units corresponding to a plurality of different color materials, respectively. The apparatus causes the nozzles of the recording device to form a color image including a plurality of recorded pixels, using a mixture of the plural colors, each of which has a constant density. A detector detects a density non-uniformity in the recorded pixels of the thus recorded color image including a plurality of recorded pixels and has an associated output. A controller controls of the nozzles in accordance with the density non-uniformity detected by the detector.