Image formation system, recording apparatus, and recording control method

A recording apparatus that divides a recording area in a scanning direction of a recording head into a plurality of partial areas and stores image data for each partial area in a buffer in order to perform recording by causing a carriage having the recording head to scan a recording medium, the recording apparatus comprising:

• reception means for receiving the image data generated by an information processing apparatus, the image data having a recording position corrected in pixels;
• a write controller for controlling write address information on the image data for each partial area in order to store the received image data in the buffer, the write address information being controlled in pixels;
• a read controller for controlling read address information for reading the image data stored in the buffer;
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• recording data generation means for generating recording data according to the image data that has been read based on the read address information.

A recording control method for controlling an information processing apparatus that generates image data and a recording apparatus that performs recording based on the generated image data, the method comprising:

• a first correction step of correcting a recording position of image data for each partial area, the correction being made for color data items and in pixels;
• a generation step of generating the image data that conforms to the recording position corrected by processing in the first correction step and generating setting information for controlling the recording apparatus to record the image data;
• a second correction step of correcting the recording position of the image data in fractions of a pixel based on the setting information generated by processing in the generation step;
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• a recording control step of controlling recording of the image data based on the recording position corrected by processing in the second correction step.

A program for controlling an information processing apparatus that generates image data and a recording apparatus that performs recording based on the generated image data, the program comprising:

• a first correction module for correcting a recording position of image data for each partial area, the correction being made for color data items and in pixels;
• a generation module for generating the image data that conforms to the recording position corrected by the first correction module and generating setting information for controlling the recording apparatus to record the image data;
• a second correction module for correcting the recording position of the image data in fractions of a pixel based on the setting information generated by the generation module;
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• a recording control module for controlling recording of the image data based on the recording position corrected by the second correction module.