Patent ID: 8562128
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: an upstream conveying unit configured to intermittently convey a recording medium from an upstream side to a downstream side in a conveying direction; a downstream conveying unit configured to continuously convey the recording medium while the upstream conveying unit conveying is intermittently conveying the recording medium, the downstream conveying unit being provided downstream in the conveying direction from the upstream conveying unit; a recording unit configured to deposit a liquid and perform a recording process on the recording medium while the recording medium is being intermittently conveyed by the upstream conveying unit and has stopped; a fixing unit configured to perform a fixing process for fixing the liquid on the recording medium being continuously conveyed by the downstream conveying unit after the liquid has been deposited by the recording unit; a cutting unit configured to cut the recording medium, the cutting unit being arranged between the upstream conveying unit and the downstream conveying unit in the conveying direction; and a control unit configured to control the downstream conveying unit so that the downstream conveying unit conveys the recording medium at a conveying velocity that is higher than an average conveying velocity with which the recording medium is conveyed by the upstream conveying unit; wherein the upstream conveying unit varies the stopping time of the recording medium in accordance with the depositing conditions with which the recording unit deposits the liquid on the recording medium, and the control unit controls the downstream conveying unit so that when the stopping time is shorter, the conveying velocity of the downstream conveying unit is higher than when the stopping time is longer.