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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Seki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiichiro Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Tanaka, Inagi, JP;
Fumiko Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Gou Sasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Mayuko Yamagata, Inagi, JP;
Tsukasa Doi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of recording elements arranged in a predetermined direction, and a determination unit configured to determine a first mode in which a specified image is recorded or a second mode in which a pattern is recorded in each of recording scannings in forward and backward directions to form an adjustment pattern for adjusting a recording position in the intersecting direction of the recording head, and the recording position of the recording head in accordance with the formed adjustment pattern is adjusted, in which a driving unit controls driving of the recording elements in a manner that a correspondence relationship between positions in the predetermined direction and the intersecting direction among a plurality of dots that form the same column is varied or is the same in the recording scannings in the forward and backward directions in accordance with the determined mode.