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1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording head including
a first recording element row where a plurality of recording elements configured to generate energy to discharge ink of a first type are arrayed in a predetermined direction, anda second recording element row where a plurality of recording elements configured to generate energy to discharge ink of a second type, that is different from the first type, are arrayed in the predetermined direction; a scanning unit configured to execute
a first scan of the recording head over a unit region on a recording medium, K (K≧1) times in a first direction following an intersecting direction intersecting the predetermined direction, anda second scan of the recording head over the unit region, L (L≧1) times in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a generating unit configured to
generate a plurality of sets of first recording data stipulating discharge or non-discharge of the ink of the first type, as to each of a plurality of pixel regions within the unit region, in each of the K +L scans by the scanning unit, based on first image data that corresponds to an image to be recorded in the unit region by discharging ink of the first type, andgenerate a plurality of sets of second recording data stipulating discharge or non-discharge of the ink of the second type, as to each of the plurality of pixel regions within the unit region, in each of the K+L scans by the scanning unit, based on second image data that corresponds to an image to be recorded in the unit region by discharging ink of the second type; a drive unit configured to,
with regard to a plurality of first recording elements corresponding to the unit region in the K'th first scan of the plurality of recording elements arrayed in the first recording element row, that have been divided into a plurality of first driving blocks, perform driving of the plurality of first recording elements where the first recording elements belonging to different first driving blocks are driven at different timings from each other, andwith regard to a plurality of second recording elements corresponding to the unit region in the K'th first scan of the plurality of recording elements arrayed in the second recording element row, that have been divided into a plurality of second driving blocks, perform driving of the plurality of second recording elements where the second recording elements belonging to different second driving blocks are driven at different timings from each other; and a control unit configured to, in the K'th first scan and the L'th second scan by the scanning unit, discharge ink of the first type and ink of the second type to the unit region by driving the plurality of recording elements in the first recording element row and the second recording element row by the driving unit, based on the first recording data and the second recording data generated by the generating unit, wherein the driving order of the plurality of second driving blocks is different from the driving order of the plurality of first driving blocks. |
