| 摘要 |
<p>An image of one screen is recorded by repeating a recording operation which includes a main scanning operation performed by moving a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arrayed in a direction (a horizontal scanning direction) perpendicular to that in which said plurality of recording elements are arrayed and a vertical scanning operation performed by moving a recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal scanning direction through a distance corresponding to a recording width after the horizontal scanning operation is completed. When image data having a width narrower than the maximum recording width of the recording head is recorded, e.g., when a reduction recording is performed, plurality of image data each having the narrower width are combined so that image data having the maximum recording width can be recorded in one recording operation using the plurality of recording elements. When a reduction ratio is, for example, 50%, the image data for the first line is stored in a memory. When image data for the second line is input, the data for the first line is read from the memory and combined with the data for the second line, and the combined data is output to the recording head. Consequently, when image data having a width narrower than the maximum recording width of the recording head is recorded for, for example, reduction image recording, the image quality and the recording speed can be improved at a low cost. <IMAGE></p> |
