RECORDING APPARATUS

Color printing is performed using waste ink to greatly reduce the amount of waste ink compared with the related art. A recording apparatus is provided with: recording heads 3 that eject different types of ink onto a medium; recycle collection ink tanks 17 that collect and store ink ejected from the recording heads 3 for each of the ink types; virgin ink tubes 28 that supply virgin ink to the recycle collection ink tanks 17 according to the amount of ink collected from the recording heads 3 into the recycle collection ink tanks 17; diluting solution tubes 25 that supply a diluting solution intoeach recycle collection ink tank 17 according to the viscosity of the ink in the recycle collection ink tank 17; and return tubes 22 that supply the ink stored in the recycle collection ink tanks 17into the recording heads 3. 本发明提供种利用废墨而进行彩色印刷从而与现有技术相比大幅度地减少废墨的量的记录装置。该记录装置具备：记录头(3)，其向介质喷出不同种类的油墨；再利用回收油墨罐(17)，其针对每种油墨而对从记录头(3)被喷出的油墨进行回收并贮留；新油墨管(28)，其根据从记录头(3)被回收于再利用回收油墨罐(17)中的油墨的量，而将新油墨向再利用回收油墨罐(17)进行供给；稀释液管(25)，其根据再利用回收油墨