| CPC B41J 2/2117 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04551 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. A recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium, comprising:
a white ink jet head that ejects a white ink composition containing a white colorant to apply the white ink composition to the recording medium;
a non-white ink jet head that ejects a non-white ink composition containing a non-white colorant to apply the non-white ink composition to the recording medium; and
a control section that controls performing recording by performing a main scan a plurality of times in which, while a position of an ink jet head relative to the recording medium is moved, an ink composition is ejected from the ink jet head and is applied to the recording medium, wherein
the control section performs
recording in a first recording mode in which a layer containing the white ink composition and the non-white ink composition is formed by applying the white ink composition and the non-white ink composition to a same scan region of the recording medium by a same main scan, and
recording in a second recording mode in which a layer containing the white ink composition and a layer containing the non-white ink composition are formed so as to be stacked by applying the white ink composition and the non-white ink composition to a same scan region of the recording medium by different main scans, and
wherein when a ratio A of an application amount of the white ink composition to an application amount, 100 mass %, of the non-white ink composition is calculated in a region in which the application amount of the non-white ink composition is largest among regions of the recording medium that are provided with the white ink composition and the non-white ink composition, a ratio A1 of the first recording mode is less than a ratio A2 of the second recording mode.
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