RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS

Recording method including emitting laser light from optical fiber array to record image formed of writing units with moving recording target and the optical fiber array relatively using recording device including laser light-emitting elements and emitting unit including the optical fiber array where optical fibers for guiding laser light from the laser light-emitting elements are aligned wherein (A'D/A'C) that is ratio of length of diagonal line A'D to length of diagonal line A'C in the image formed in a manner that at least part of the writing units are overlapped one another in the main-scanning direction is 1.05 or greater, where B is length of 1/2 of line width of the writing unit in the main-scanning direction, A is center point of edge of the writing unit in sub-scanning direction, A' is position proceeded inside the writing unit from A by B, line LL' is drawn to include A' and to be orthogonal to the writing unit, the length of the diagonal line A'C is length between line having A' as starting point and having angle of 45° with the line LL' and cross point C of the line with the writing unit, and the length of the diagonal line A'D is length between line having A' as starting point and having angle of 135° with the line LL' and cross point D of the line with the writing unit.