On a write-once-type recording medium 10, there are provided: a definite defect management area 13 to definitely record therein defect management information; and a plurality of temporary defect management areas 14A, 14B, and 14C to temporarily record therein the defect management information. The system is implemented in a computer allowing a user to package, transmit or store the dynamic or static information such as video, audio, handwriting trace displayed on the video display to another person via the Internet. A black matrix is formed in operative relationship with the sub-pixels including apertures for receiving the color components. Sensors on the printhead carriage measure the shape, or vertical position of, the printhead’s distance from the printhead carriage to the surface of the substrate being printed.