Image recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction;
• a recording head including a nozzle row including a plurality of nozzles aligned in the conveying direction;
• a carriage on which the recording head is mounted, the carriage being configured to reciprocally move in a scanning direction intersecting with the conveying direction;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• record an image on the medium by alternately performing:
• a recording pass of causing the recording head to discharge liquid from the nozzles toward the medium while moving the carriage in the scanning direction;
• and conveying of causing the conveyer to convey the medium in the conveying direction,
• wherein the recording of the image includes multi-pass recording of completing a line image by performing the recording pass a plurality of number of times, the line image being an image of one line extending in the scanning direction to be recorded on the medium, each recording pass being performed by recording a thinned-out image on the medium by using a nozzle among the plurality of nozzles, and a nozzle used in one recording pass being different from a nozzle used in another recording pass, and
• wherein the controller is configured to record the image in:
• a first recording mode in which the multi-pass recording of completing the line image is executed by performing the recording pass a first number of times, the recording pass being performed only when moving the carriage toward one side in the scanning direction;
• and
• a second recording mode in which the multi-pass recording of completing the line image is executed by performing the recording pass a second number of times larger than the first number of times, the recording pass being performed when moving the carriage toward the one side in the scanning direction and another side in the scanning direction.