Patent ID: 7222933

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording an image by applying ink on a recording medium with at least one recording head, comprising: a timer for measuring a recording downtime when an image-recording operation of the recording head is interrupted during the recording operation and is then resumed, wherein the recording downtime is a time from when a command to interrupt the recording operation is issued until when the recording operation is resumed; control means for performing a temperature control of the recording head before the resumption of the recording operation, in accordance with the length of the recording downtime measured by said timer; and a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the recording head, wherein, with said control means, the recording head is heated before the resumption of the recording operation to a temperature of the recording head detected by said temperature sensor before the interruption of the recording operation and is further heated in accordance with the length of the measured recording downtime, wherein said control means performs the temperature control of the recording head in accordance with the length of the measured recording downtime only when the recording downtime is longer than a predetermined time.