Patent ID: 8157367

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a moving unit that can be moved in predetermined directions including a transport direction of a recording medium; a transport unit that is driven so as to transport the recording medium in the transport direction; a first recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit and performs a first recording process in which a first process solution is used for the recording medium; a second recording processing unit that is mounted on the moving unit together with the first recording processing unit and performs a second recording process, in which a second process solution that is different from the first process solution is used, for a recording processing area of the recording medium for which the first recording process is performed by the first recording processing unit; a heating unit that heats the recording processing area additionally mounted on the moving unit; and a control unit that controls the moving unit, the first recording processing unit, and the second recording processing unit, wherein the control unit controls the moving unit, the first recording processing unit, and the second recording processing unit such that the first recording processing unit performs the first recording process for the recording medium at a time when the moving unit is moving and the second recording processing unit performs the second recording process for the recording processing area of the recording medium transported in the transport direction at a time when the moving unit is stopped.