Appts. and method of recording file recorded by using marking language

This invention has as its object to provide a recording apparatus which prints a document described in a markup language to be easily viewable. To accomplish this, a color or monochrome mode is determined depending on the type of cartridge. Downloaded HTML data is analyzed to extract background data and character data. In the monochrome mode, an image is recorded after the background data is converted into white image data, and the character data is converted into black image data.