Image recording apparatus capable of preventing jamming caused by floating at last line

An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by using a recording head having a recording area corresponding to a predetermined recording width in a sub-scanning direction, said apparatus comprising:

• scanning means for main scanning the recording head in a main scanning direction;
• moving means for effecting relative movement of the recording head and the recording medium in the sub-scanning direction after termination of main scanning of the recording head by said scanning means;
• determining means for determining a remaining width when an image area is divided by the predetermined recording width;
• setting means for setting a recording width of the recording head in the sub-scanning direction;
• movement control means for controlling an amount of relative movement effected by said moving means, in accordance with the recording width set by said setting means, said movement control means effecting relative movement of the recording head and the recording medium by a distance in accordance with the remaining width less than the predetermined recording width before main scanning, when the recording width set by said setting means is the remaining width;
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• recording control means for controlling the recording head, said recording control means causing the recording head to record an image having the recording width set by said setting means after the relative movement is effected by said moving means, said recording control means causing, when said setting means sets the remaining width as the recording width, the recording head to record an image having the recording width less than the predetermined recording width, by using a partial recording area of the recording area of the recording head located upstream with respect to the sub-scanning direction.