Patent ID: 7835254

Claim:
A method for setting optical recording conditions in an optical recording/reproducing device, in which (i) information is recorded by modulating light in accordance with conditions adjusted for the information to be recorded and (ii) the information recorded is reproduced, the method comprising the step of: (I) determining a shortest-mark-recording-power parameter for use in forming a shortest record-mark, for obtaining a good quality of a reproduced signal, by (a) carrying out a test writing of a test pattern with respect to an optical recording medium under various settings of the shortest-mark-recording-power parameter, and (b) reproducing the test pattern recorded in the test writing; and (II) determining each recording-pulse parameter for use in forming all record-marks, for obtaining the good quality of the reproduced signal, by performing the test writing under various settings of the each recording-pulse parameter, the settings being uniformly varied in the each recording-pulse parameter, wherein the step (I) is carried out prior to the step (II), and at least the shortest-mark-recording-power parameter is set independently of a recording-power parameter for a record-mark of other length.