Patent ID: 7874630

Claim:
A recording system for performing a recording operation on a target, comprising: a plurality of recording heads; a plurality of controllers that are arranged respectively for the plurality of recording heads; a data distributor that distributes a second data to each of the controllers, the second data resulting from dividing, by the number of recording heads, a first data to be supplied; and a data generator that generates a third data to be output respectively to the plurality of recording heads in response to the second data, wherein each controller includes: a transfer unit that transfers the third data to be output to the recording head corresponding to another controller to the other controller; a verification unit that verifies that a record start condition is established, the record start condition is established in a state that a number of transfer operations has reached a predetermined value; and an execution unit that causes the respective recording head to start executing the recording operation in response to the third data if the establishment of the record start condition is verified.