Ink jet recording apparatus for determining a timing for a record scan in accordance with a time required to transfer one band of image data, and recording the image data

摘要

One band of color image is recorded by scanning color recording heads of Y, M, C and K colors having a predetermined recording width by a carriage in a main scan direction, and four times of scans are conducted by the respective color recording heads during the transfer of the next band of image data. The interval of each scan is calculated based on the transfer time of one band of image data and the respective colors are scanned at the timing corresponding to the calculated interval. Thus, when one band of image is recorded on a recording medium by scanning the recording head having the predetermined recording width a plurality of times in the main scan direction, a high quality image can be recorded without lowering a throughput.