Patent ID: 8867098

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a conveying-path defining member defining a conveying path along which a recording medium is conveyed; an image reader provided to face the conveying path and configured to read image recorded on the recording medium; a depositing device provided to face the conveying path at a downstream side of the image reader in the conveying path, the depositing device being configured to deposit recording material on the recording medium; a controller configured to control the image reader and the depositing device; a first memory storing a predetermined threshold value; and a second memory storing instructions, when executed by the controller, causing the controller to perform: calculating at least one of a first recording ratio and a second recording ratio based on image data based on the image read by the image reader, the first recording ratio being an occupancy ratio of an area of recording material forming the image to a surface area of the recording medium, the second recording ratio being the occupancy ratio assuming that the recording material is deposited as a result of a concealment process based on the image data, the concealment process being a process of depositing the recording material over at least part of the image recorded on the recording medium; comparing at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio with the threshold value; controlling the depositing device to perform the concealment process when at least one condition is satisfied, the at least one condition including a condition that the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is smaller than the threshold value; and controlling the depositing device not to perform the concealment process when the at least one of the first recording ratio and the second recording ratio is greater than or equal to the threshold value.