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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Toshinao Aruga, Akiruno, JP;
Keiichiro Tawara, Hachioji, JP;
Naoki Ishii, Inagi, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising a recording unit in which at least two recording heads are disposed such that end portions of respective nozzle columns overlap each other in a recording medium conveying direction or such that the nozzle columns are located adjacent to each other at a predetermined interval, the image recording apparatus executing recording position recording medium width-direction moving processing for a detected deviation (lateral deviation amount) of a recording medium at both-lateral ends of the recording medium, image data distribution processing with a joint of the overlapping as a boundary, image-recording density-varying processing for the joint, and recording position recording medium conveying-direction moving processing in order to perform high quality image jointing processing, and an image recording method of the image recording apparatus.