Recording apparatus and recording method using the same, with an extended stop position of the recording unit

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a transport unit that transports a recording medium;
• a recording unit that performs recording on the recording medium based on record data;
• a moving unit that moves the recording unit in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium;
• a control unit that controls the recording unit, the transport unit and the moving unit;
• a stop position obtaining unit that calculates an unextended stop position of the recording unit, which reaches a present recording end position during present deceleration of the recording unit and which reaches a next recording start position during next acceleration of the recording unit, based on present record data for printing the present print line and next record data for printing a next print line;
• a determining unit that calculates a standby time of the recording unit, wherein the standby time is time elapsed from when the recording unit reaches the unextended stop position to a time when the transport unit has transported the recording medium from a position on which the present print line has been completed to a start position at which movement of the recording unit starts for printing the next print line;
• and
• an extension processing unit that, when the standby time is greater than zero, defines an extended stop position to reduce the standby time,
• wherein, when the extension processing unit has defined the extended stop position, the control unit controls the moving unit and the recording unit such that the recording unit is stopped at the present extended stop position such that the recording unit, after having started a next movement to reach the next recording start position, reaches the next recording start position at a higher speed and starts a recording operation.