Serial printing apparatus including an error correcting capability and having a memory

A recording method in a recording apparatus comprising paper feed means, moving means, memory means, first instruction means, and first control means, said method comprising the steps of:

• moving a recording medium in a forward or reverse direction with the paper feed means;
• recording on the recording medium with a recording head and moving the recording head with the moving means in a direction at a right angle relative to a direction of moving of the recording medium;
• storing document information including line pitch information, line break information, and character pitch information for a plurality of lines in the memory means;
• instructing the recording head with the first instruction means to move to a position opposite to a character recorded at a preceding line from a particular position at a last line where the recording head has last performed recording;
• controlling the paper feed means and the moving means with the first control means so that the recording head is moved to a position opposite to the character recorded at the preceding line, on the basis of the instruction of the first instruction means, the line pitch information, the line break information and the character pitch information stored in the memory means;
• instructing the recording head with second instruction means to move to a position opposite to the particular position at the last line from the position of the character recorded at the preceding line;
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• controlling the paper feed means and the moving means so that the recording head is moved to a position opposite to the particular position at the last line, on the basis of the instruction of the second instruction means, information indicative of the particular position at the last line, and information indicative of a current position of the recording head.