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Abstract

A recording apparatus which reduces consumption of ink by preventing unnecessary recovery operation during a printing job by an ink-jet method. First, the recording apparatus detects whether a recording mode is a black and white printing mode or color printing mode. Second, if the printing mode is the black and white printing mode, then the image recording is performed by using only nozzles for K(black), as well as an idle discharge operation is performed only on the nozzles for K. Whereas if the color printing mode is detected, then the image recording is performed by using all the nozzles for C(cyan), M(magenta), Y(yellow), and K(black), as well as the idle discharge operation is performed on all the nozzles.

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