Patent ID: 9688082
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A recording device comprising: a conveyance roller pair configured to convey a recording medium; a recording head configured to record on the recording medium; a carriage configured to carry the recording head; a carriage drive mechanism configured to move the carriage crosswise to the conveyance direction of the recording medium; and a control unit configured to, when a paper jam of the recording medium is detected, control a retraction operation to retract the carriage from over the recording medium, wherein the control unit has a storage unit that stores a speed control table including at least retraction distances, and for each retraction distance, whether or not to change the retraction speed, a position where the retraction speed changes if it changes, and the retraction speed after the speed changes if it changes; the retraction distances are non-overlapping ranges including a first range and a second range that covers longer distances than the first range; a change speed setting in the first range indicates not to change the retraction speed; and a change speed setting in the second range indicates to change the retraction speed to a first high retraction speed.