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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Ochiai, Machida, JP;
Eri Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Akahira, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Shibata, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Ochiai, Machida, JP;
Eri Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Akahira, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by scanning the recording medium with a recording head for discharging ink includes a thinning unit configured to thin data for discharging ink by the recording head on a plurality of areas formed by dividing scanning regions including at least a first scanning region and a second scanning region to be recorded each by one scan of the recording head in the scan direction, and a recording head drive unit configured to discharge ink by driving the recording head based on data which has been thinned by the thinning unit, wherein a boundary between the areas in the first scanning region is located in a different position from that of a boundary between areas in the second scanning region, which is adjacent to the first scanning region, in the scan direction.