Recording method and recording apparatus

A recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium without leaving any margins along at least one of four sides thereof, the apparatus comprising:

• a transporter, which transports the recording medium in first direction;
• a recording head, having a head face formed with nozzles for ejecting ink drops onto the recording medium while being reciprocated in second directions perpendicular to the first direction;
• and
• a controller, operable to define:
• a first region on the head face so as to include a first group of nozzles among all the nozzles;
• a first amount, as a difference between a first reference position at which a leading edge of the recording medium situated at a recording start position is placed and a first shifted position at which the leading edge of the recording medium, which has been most shifted in the first direction and most inclined within a feeding tolerance, is placed;
• a first virtual leading edge at a position that is shifted from the first reference position to a downstream side of the first direction by the first amount;
• and
• a second virtual leading edge at a position that is shifted from the first reference position to an upstream side of the first direction by the first amount, wherein:
• the recording head performs a first type of recording with the first group of nozzles, when an end of the first region in the upstream side of the first direction is situated at the first virtual leading edge;
• and
• the recording head performs a second type of recording with all the nozzles, when the end of the first region in the upstream side of the first direction is situated at the second virtual leading edge.