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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Toshiyuki Sekiya, Mishima, JP;
Mitsuo Shiraishi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus which records an image on a recording medium has a recording element array head on which plural recording chips are disposed, and in the recording chip plural recording elements are arrayed. A main scan unit is for scanning the recording elements, and a sub-scan unit, for effecting relative motion between the recording medium and the recording chips in a sub-scanning direction. The main scan unit scans the recording elements n (n≧2) times on the basis of image data corresponding to one scan. The direction along which the recording elements are disposed, is deviated from the direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction, by a predetermined angle.