Patent ID: 9545803
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An inkjet printer comprising: a media conveyance mechanism that conveys a recording medium in a conveyance path; an inkjet printhead that prints on the recording medium conveyed by the media conveyance mechanism; a media supply mechanism that supplies the recording medium to the media conveyance mechanism; a lever configured to contact the recording medium in the conveyance path between the media conveyance mechanism and the media supply mechanism and to move between a first position and a second position; a detector that detects movement of the lever; and a controller that controls the media supply mechanism, wherein when a tension of the recording medium between the media conveyance mechanism and the media supply mechanism increases, the recording medium moves the lever toward the first position, in a conveyance operation in which the recording medium is conveyed in a direction from the media supply mechanism to the media conveyance mechanism, the controller determines whether the lever is on a first side of a specific position or not based on an output from the detector, the specific position being between the first position and the second position,