A predetermined pattern is printed on a recording sheet 9 for monitoring by using a recording head, and read by a reading device 11 so that abnormal recording elements are detected. Thus, a non-defective image is obtained in such a way that based on this detection result, image data to be supplied to...http://www.google.com/patents/US6174039?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6174039 - Recording apparatus and recording method
