Patent ID: 8376543
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record an image on a continuous sheet; a guide unit configured to guide movement of the sheet, wherein the sheet is conveyed to the guide unit from the recording unit, the guide unit forming an interval which is variable in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the sheet; a correction unit configured to correct skew of the sheet, which is received by the guide unit, by urging the sheet from at least one side thereof in a width direction of the sheet; and a cutting unit, provided downstream of the guide unit, configured to cut the sheet having undergone skew-correction by the correction unit, along the width direction of the sheet, wherein the guide unit is configured such that the interval is changed to be wider when the sheet is cut by the cutting unit than when skew correction is executed by the correction unit, and when the sheet is cut by the cutting unit, the apparatus is configured to temporarily stop conveyance of a portion of the sheet in the vicinity of the cutting unit and continue conveyance of the sheet on a side upstream from the guide unit, thereby forming a loop of the sheet within the interval.