Patent ID: 7185965

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording an image by applying ink on a recording medium with at least one recording head, the recording head discharging ink by applying thermal energy, comprising: a timer for measuring a recording downtime when an image-recording operation of the recording head is interrupted during the recording operation and is then resumed; control means for performing a temperature control of the recording head by applying drive pulses before the resumption of the recording operation, in accordance with the length of the recording downtime measured by said timer; and a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the recording head, wherein, with said control means, the recording head is heated before the resumption of the recording operation to a temperature of the recording head detected by said temperature sensor before the interruption of the recording operation and is further heated in accordance with the length of the measured recording downtime, and wherein, with said control means, the number of drive pulses to be applied to the recording head is increased as the recording downtime becomes longer.