Image recording apparatus and image recording method

An image recording method executed by an image recording apparatus that irradiates a recording target with laser light and records an image thereon, wherein

• the image recording apparatus comprises:
• a laser irradiation device that has plural laser emitting elements, and is configured to irradiate the recording target with laser light emitted from the plural laser emitting elements, and
• the image recording method includes:
• causing the laser irradiation device to emit laser light such that a part of an image dot recorded on the recording target moving relatively to the laser irradiation device overlaps an image dot adjacent thereto, and making a laser irradiation condition for when image dots forming a boundary between a colored portion and a non-colored portion are recorded, different from a laser irradiation condition for when the other image dots are recorded;
• and
• controlling the irradiation with laser light by the laser irradiation device, based on the laser irradiation condition adjusted through the irradiation condition adjusting step.