Patent ID: 11958300
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording head that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a recording medium;
a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and in which a first measuring area and a second measuring area are provided as measuring areas;
a facing surface disposed to face the recording head;
a reference portion disposed on the facing surface at a position faceable by the recording head;
a measuring section provided on either the carriage or the reference portion and configured to measure distances between the measuring areas and the reference portion; and
a controller that determines an inclination of the carriage with respect to the facing surface based on a measurement result of the measuring section, and controls execution of a predetermined process for adjusting an adhering position of the liquid, wherein
the measuring section measures, when the inclination of the carriage is determined, the distances with respect to the first measuring area and to the second measuring area.