An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of recording elements; a conveyance device which conveys at least one of the recording head and a recording medium to cause relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium; an input device which inputs image data; an image processing device which causes a plurality of subsidiary image processing devices to perform a plurality of subsidiary image processes with respect to the input image data so as to generate output data; an image recording device which causes the recording head to perform recording on the recording medium according to the generated output data; a selection device which selects, of the plurality of subsidiary image processing devices, a subsidiary image processing device that is not to reflect, in the output data, processing result; and a control device which controls the selection device in accordance with the input image data.