Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus

A recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, and recording head position detection means for detecting a position of the recording head, comprising:

• a write control unit for controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for each piece of color data for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer;
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• recording head control means for suspending recording by the recording head when image data is not written by said write control unit before the recording head does not reach a recording position of the image data;
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• recording suspension position data holding means for holding a position of the suspension detected by said recording head position detection means.

A method for controlling a recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, and recording head position detection means for detecting a position of the recording head, comprising:

• a write controlling step of controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for each piece of color data for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer;
• a read-out controlling step of generating address information for read of the stored image data;
• a storage managing step of storing in a first register and managing first setting information for control of a read of image data according the address information corresponding to the generated address information;
• a record data generating step of reading the stored data from the buffer according to the first setting information and the address information, and generating record data;
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• a recording head position controlling step of detecting a scanning position of the recording head for recording the generated data using the recording head position detection means, and controlling a recording position according to the detected scanning position information.

A record control program used to direct a computer to control a recording apparatus, comprising:

• a write controlling module of controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for each piece of color data for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer;
• a read-out controlling module of generating address information for read of the stored image data;
• a storage managing module of storing in a first register and managing first setting information for control of a read of image data according the address information corresponding to the generated address information;
• a record data generating module of reading the stored data from the buffer according to the stored first setting information and the address information, and generating record data;
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• a recording head position controlling module of detecting a scanning position of the recording head for recording the generated data using the recording head position detection means, and controlling a recording position according to the scanning position information detected by a recording head position detection means.