Patent ID: 8424988

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a moving unit configured to move a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array, each provided with a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink, the plurality of nozzles being arranged in a predetermined direction, relative to a recording medium in a moving direction intersecting the predetermined direction in order to record an image on the recording medium; a forming unit configured to record on the recording medium a pattern using a first nozzle group which is one part of the first nozzle array and a pattern using a third nozzle group which is another part of the first nozzle array and convey the recording medium in a direction intersecting the moving direction to form on the recording medium a first pattern and a second pattern which is used for detecting a conveyance error, the first pattern being formed by recording, on the conveyed recording medium using a second nozzle group which is one part of the second nozzle array, a pattern at a position corresponding to a position where the pattern recorded using the first nozzle group exists, and the second pattern being formed by recording, on the conveyed recording medium using the first nozzle group, a pattern at a position corresponding to a position where the pattern recorded using the third nozzle group exists; and an adjusting unit configured to perform, based on the first pattern and the second pattern, relative position adjustment in the predetermined direction between a recording position with the first nozzle array and a recording position with the second nozzle array.