Recording apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, computer system, and recording method

A recording apparatus comprising:

• at least two medium supply sections, each of said medium supply sections being provided for supplying a recording medium;
• at least two recording sections, each of said recording sections being provided in correspondence with one of said medium supply sections and for recording on the recording medium supplied by the corresponding medium supply section;
• at least two controllers, each of said controllers being provide in one-to-one correspondence with one of said recording sections and for controlling the corresponding recording section;
• and
• at least two information generators, each of said information generators being provide in one-to-one correspondence with one of said recording sections and for generating recording information for the corresponding recording section,
• wherein each said recording section performs recording based on the recording information,
• wherein said recording sections perform recording on said recording medium supplied from the corresponding medium supply sections in the order in which said recording information is generated by said information generators corresponding to each of said recording sections,
• wherein each of said recording sections is capable of performing recording in different recording modes,
• wherein each of said medium supply sections comprises a driving section for driving the corresponding medium supply section,
• wherein, when supplying a recording medium that is arranged across at least two of said medium supply sections, the driving sections of those medium supply sections across which the recording medium is arranged operate together to supply the recording medium,
• wherein each of said recording sections has a recording portion row in which a plurality of recording portions are arranged in a row with equal pitch in a supply direction in which the recording medium is supplied, and
• wherein, as for two said recording sections that are arranged next to each other in a direction orthogonal to said supply direction, a distance between
• the rearmost recording portion, in said supply direction, of the recording portion row of one of the two recording sections and
• the foremost recording portion, in said supply direction, of the recording portion row of the other of the two recording sections
• is equal to said pitch.

A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program for a recording apparatus comprising:

• at least two medium supply sections, each of said medium supply sections being provided for supplying a recording medium;
• and
• at least two recording sections, each of said recording sections being provided in correspondence with one of said medium supply sections and for recording on the recording medium supplied by the corresponding medium supply section,
• the computer program causing said recording apparatus to realizing a function of making each of said recording sections record on said recording medium supplied from each of the corresponding medium supply sections.

A computer system comprising:

• a computer;
• and
• a recording apparatus connected to said computer and including:
• at least two medium supply sections, each of said medium supply sections being provided for supplying a recording medium;
• and
• at least two recording sections, each of said recording sections being provided in correspondence with one of said medium supply sections and for recording on the recording medium supplied by the corresponding medium supply section.

A method for performing recording with a recording apparatus including:

• at least two medium supply sections, each of said medium supply sections being provided for supplying a recording medium;
• and
• at least two recording sections, each of said recording sections being provided in correspondence with one of said medium supply sections and for recording on the recording medium supplied by the corresponding medium supply section,
• the method comprising:
• a step of supplying said recording medium to said recording sections from the corresponding medium supply sections;
• and
• a step of recording with those recording sections on the supplied recording medium.