Patent ID: 8529002

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a recording unit including a first recording head unit and a second recording head unit arranged in a conveying direction, the first and second recording head units each having ink nozzles; a conveying unit including a first roller and a second roller, the rollers nipping a sheet between a recording location of the first recording head unit and a recording location of the second recording head unit, the first roller being positioned between the first and second recording head units at least when recording; a humidifying unit configured to supply humidified gas into a space where the ink nozzles of the first and second recording head units are exposed; an adjusting mechanism configured to vary a gap between the ink nozzles and a level at which the sheet passes the recording locations; and a control unit configured to perform control such that prior to recording, the humidifying unit supplies the humidified gas with the gap at a first gap, the adjusting mechanism then varies the gap to a second gap smaller than the first gap, and then the recording unit starts recording on the sheet.