Patent ID: 6871931

Claim:
A recording apparatus that forms an image by relatively scanning a recording medium and a plurality of recording heads used to apply recording agents of different color tones to the recording medium, said apparatus comprising: image forming means for causing each of said plurality of recording heads to form a predetermined image at a predetermined position of the recording medium; image detecting means for detecting each predetermined image by being scanned relative to the recording medium; image detection adjusting means for adjusting said image detecting means when detecting the predetermined image formed by each of said plurality of recording heads; measurement means for measuring an interval between predetermined images formed by said plurality of recording heads on the basis of output results obtained by said image detecting means; and data processing means for calculating the amount of offset of a recording position among said plurality of recording heads on the basis of the measurement made by said measurement means, wherein said image detection adjusting means causes said image forming means to form adjustment images at predetermined positions of the recording medium using respective recording heads, the adjustment images being used to make adjustment when the predetermined images are detected, and wherein said image detection adjusting means causes said image detecting means to detect the adjustment images to adjust said image detecting means on the basis of output results obtained by the detection.