Ink jet recording apparatus for recording with variable scanning speeds

An ink jet recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium using recording means for recording comprising a plurality of recording elements, said apparatus comprising:

• scan means for performing a scan operation by moving said recording means including said plurality of recording elements relative to said recording medium in a main scan direction;
• driving means for driving said plurality of recording elements of said recording means in the scan operation by said scan means;
• selection means for selecting one of a first recording mode for performing image recording by a first number of times of scan operations on a predetermined region of said recording medium, and a second recording mode for performing image recording by a second number of times of scan operations larger than the first number of times of scan operations on the predetermined region, wherein a scan speed of said scan means in the second recording mode is higher than a scan speed in the first recording mode;
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• control means for controlling said driving means so that in said second recording mode in each of the second number of times of scan operations, a recording of thinning image of mutually complementary dot arrangement is effected,
• wherein the dot arrangement is determined so that a recording density of the image, which is obtained by sequentially providing recordings of said thinning image in said mutually complementary dot arrangement in said second recording mode, is equal to a recording density of the image obtained in said first recording mode.