Patent ID: 9682582
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording section which performs recording by discharging liquid on a recording medium; a transport belt which is able to transport the recording medium by rotating; a charging roller which charges the transport belt; a charging roller moving section which moves the charging roller between a charging roller contact position that is a position at which the charging roller is brought into contact with the transport belt and a charging roller separation position which is a position that is separated from the transport belt more than the charging roller contact position; a cleaning member which removes dirt from a belt surface of the transport belt by coming into contact with the belt surface; a cleaning member moving section which moves the cleaning member between a cleaning member contact position at which the cleaning member is brought into contact with the belt surface of the transport belt and a cleaning member separation position at which the cleaning member is separated from the belt surface of the transport belt, and a dirt estimation section which estimates dirt on the transport belt, wherein the charging roller moving section moves the charging roller from the charging roller contact position to the charging roller separation position in a case where the dirt estimation section estimates that the transport belt is dirty, and wherein the charging roller is configured to move from the charging roller contact position to the charging roller separation position according to movement of the cleaning member from the cleaning member separation position to the cleaning member contact position.