Recording head and recording apparatus using the same

A recording apparatus comprising:

• (i) a recording head comprising:
• a plurality of head units each having a substrate and a plurality of recording elements arranged on a virtual line on the substrate;
• at least one array unit comprising a set of the plurality of head units arranged to be inclined with respect to a main scanning line in such a manner that the recording elements arranged at a same position on the substrates of the head units lie on the same main scanning line;
• and
• a plurality of head holders for positioning and holding the head units of the at least one array unit so as to arrange the recording elements in all of the head units at equal pitches in a main scanning direction;
• (ii) a scanning mechanism for moving the recording head and a recording paper relatively in a sub scanning direction;
• and
• (iii) a drive control circuit which controls operation of the recording head, and which includes a print timing controller that performs delay control so that the recording elements in respective ones of the head units not positioned on the main scanning line operate on the same main scanning line.