Patent ID: 8228771

Claim:
A recording method for recording information onto an optical disc having a data area and a test area, comprising the following steps of: a test recording step for recording a test mark within said test area with a predetermined write strategy; an obtaining step for obtaining signal amplitudes of a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion of said test mark, by reproducing said test mark; a determining step for determining whether or not said test mark has a desirable configuration, upon basis of at least one of: a ratio defined between the amplitude of said front portion and the amplitude of said rear portion, and a ratio defined between the amplitude of said middle portion and the amplitude of said rear portion; a correcting step for correcting said write strategy if the determining step determines that said test mark does not have a desirable configuration; and a recording step for recording the information within said data area with the corrected write strategy; wherein a recording waveform to be used in recording of said test mark includes a front pulse, a middle pulse, and a rear pulse; and wherein said correcting step includes: a step for changing only an amplitude of said middle pulse upon basis of a ratio between the amplitude of said middle pulse and the amplitude of said rear pulse, when said test mark does not have a desirable mark configuration; a step for recording a test mark same to said test mark within said test area, with the use of said recording waveform, such that only the amplitude of said middle pulse is changed; and a step for determining whether or not the mark configuration has the predetermined mark configuration, by reproducing said test mark.