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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Minoru Teshigawara, Yokohama, JP;
Kiichiro Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Edamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akiko Maru, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Umezawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinsuke Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Teshigawara, Yokohama, JP;
Kiichiro Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Edamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akiko Maru, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Takatoshi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Umezawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinsuke Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head having a recording element row in which multiple recording elements are disposed, with recording elements at dispersed positions in the recording element rows as blocks; a scanning unit configured to scan the recording head in a main scanning direction; a time-division driving unit configured to drive the recording elements in increments of blocks; a storing unit configured to store recording data; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information relating to the inclination of the recording element row relative to the main scanning direction; and a changing unit operable to change, in increments of individual recording elements, the storage position in the main scanning direction of recording data stored in the storing unit that is to be provided to recording elements of a group, which is configured of consecutive recording elements in each block in the recording element row, based on the obtained information.