RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD

摘要

A pattern of a first ink is formed on a recording medium using a first nozzle, a difference between smoothness of a surface at an edge portion of the pattern of the first ink in a predetermined direction and smoothness of a peripheral area of the pattern of the first ink on the recording medium is increased by applying another imparting material different from the first ink on the pattern of the first ink and a first adjustment pattern is formed, a second adjustment pattern of a predetermined imparting material is formed on the recording medium using a second nozzle, and a detection unit detects information by measuring specular reflected light when areas respectively including the first and the second adjustment patterns are each irradiated with light.

主权项

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording medium using a first ink including a coloring material and a plurality of imparting materials including a first imparting material of which a type is different from the first ink and provided with a first nozzle for discharging the first ink and a second nozzle for discharging the first imparting material; a control unit configured to cause the recording unit to form a first detection patch and a second detection patch on the recording medium which are used for adjustment of a relative recording position between the first nozzle and the second nozzle on the recording medium; a detection unit configured to detect information indicating a relative position between the first detection patch and the second detection patch in a predetermined direction based on a measurement result of reflected light when areas respectively including the first and the second detection patches formed on the recording medium by the recording unit are irradiated with light; and a determination unit configured to determine a relative adjustment amount of an application position of the imparting material between the first nozzle and the second nozzle in the predetermined direction based on a detection result by the detection unit, wherein the control unit causes the recording unit to form the first detection patch of the first ink using the first nozzle on the recording medium, to increase a difference between smoothness of a surface of the first detection patch and smoothness of a peripheral area of the first detection patch on the recording medium by applying another imparting material different from the first ink on the formed first detection patch, and to form the second detection patch of the first imparting material on the recording medium using the second nozzle, and the detection unit detects the information by measuring specular reflected light when an area including the first detection patch to which the another imparting material is applied and an area including the second detection patch are each irradiated with light.