Method and apparatus for forming single-color and multi-color images

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of recording heads arranged in parallel along a scanning direction perpendicular to a direction of transferring a recording medium to perform a recording movement for recording an image selected from a single-color image and a multicolor image in accordance with the image data. The recording heads record the multicolor image during a period of moving in one direction and record the single-color image during a period of moving in two opposite directions.