Recording apparatus and drying method for recording apparatus

A drying method for a recording apparatus that blows air toward a recording medium with the recording apparatus and dries the recording medium, the recording apparatus including a recording portion configured to apply a liquid composition to the recording medium and record an image, a first air blowing portion having a plurality of first nozzle holes of which a total cross-sectional area is a first total cross-sectional area and configured to blow air toward the recording medium through the plurality of first nozzle holes, and a second air blowing portion having a plurality of second nozzle holes of which total cross-sectional area is a second total cross-sectional area smaller than the first total cross-sectional area, and configured to blow air toward the recording medium through the plurality of second nozzle holes and moreover provided within a same space as the first air blowing portion so as to be adjacent to the first air blowing portion on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, the method comprising:

• blowing air toward the recording medium from the first air blowing portion and the second air blowing portion such that a first air velocity in the plurality of first nozzle holes of the first air blowing portion is lower than a second air velocity in the plurality of second nozzle holes of the second air blowing portion, and a ratio of a first total air amount, which is a total air amount per unit time blown from the plurality of first nozzle holes, and a second total air amount, which is a total air amount per unit time blown from the plurality of second nozzle holes, is within a predetermined range,
• wherein 1.2DH<DL<3.ODH is satisfied, where DL is the first total cross-sectional area and DH is the second total cross-sectional area, and
• wherein the method includes blowing air toward the recording medium from the first air blowing portion and the second air blowing portion so as to satisfy 1.2VL<VH<3.OVL and FH:FL=2:3 to 3:2, where VL is the first air velocity, VH is the second air velocity, FL is the first total air amount, and FH is the second total air amount.