A recording apparatus, comprising:
- an image-data storage configured to store image data;
- a plurality of recording modules each comprising:
- a first conveyor configured to convey a recording medium along a first conveyance path;
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- a recording device configured to record an image on an upper surface of the recording medium;
- a storage tray configured to store a recording medium;
- a plurality of first output trays each configured to support a recording medium discharged from a corresponding one of at least one first recording module of the plurality of recording modules;
- a second conveyance path connecting between the storage tray and one end portion of the first conveyance path for each of the plurality of recording modules;
- a third conveyance path configured to connect between the second conveyance path and another end portion of the first conveyance path for each of the plurality of recording modules;
- a plurality of fourth conveyance paths each connecting between said another end portion of the first conveyance path for a corresponding one of the plurality of first recording modules and a corresponding one of the plurality of first output trays;
- a second conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along the second conveyance path;
- a first switcher configured to selectively switch a destination of conveyance of the recording medium conveyed to said another end portion of the first conveyance path, to any one of the third conveyance path and the plurality of fourth conveyance paths;
- a second switcher configured to selectively switch a destination of conveyance of the recording medium conveyed to the second conveyance path, to any one of the plurality of recording modules;
- a third conveyor configured to convey the recording medium along the third conveyance path;
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- a controller configured to control the plurality of recording modules, the first conveyor, the second conveyor, the third conveyor, the first switcher, and the second switcher to perform:
- a supplying processing in which one recording medium to be discharged onto a specific first output tray that is one of the plurality of first output trays is supplied to at least one first recording module of the plurality of recording modules, the at least one first recording module being at least one recording module other than a specific recording module among the plurality of recording modules, the specific recording module corresponding to the specific output trays;
- a recording process in which all of at least one image to be recorded on only a first surface or both of the first surface and a second surface of the one recording medium is recorded by the recording device of the at least one first recording module, the second surface being a back surface of the first surface;
- a re-conveying processing, in response to a completion of the recording processing, in which the one recording medium is conveyed from the first conveyance path via the third conveyance path, the second conveyance path, the specific recording module in this order;
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- a discharging processing in which the one recording medium is discharged from the specific recording module onto the specific first output tray via a corresponding one of the plurality of fourth conveyance paths.