Patent ID: 9180697
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording method for recording apparatus including a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording medium, a conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium, an ejection unit configured to eject the recording medium on which recording has been performed, the ejection unit having a drive roller and a driven roller urged toward the drive roller, the recording method comprising: performing the recording on the recording medium; ejecting the recording medium by the driven roller and the drive roller; separating the driven roller from the drive roller during the recording until a rear end of the recording medium leaves the conveying unit:, urging the driven roller toward the drive roller by a first load to eject the recording medium while the recording is performed on the recording medium of which the rear end has left the conveying unit; determining whether or not the recording is finished while the driven roller is urged toward the drive roller by the first load; switching the first load to a second load by which the driven roller is urged toward the drive roller to eject the recording medium on which the recording is finished in response to determining that the recording is finished, the second load being less than the first load; and urging the driven roller toward the drive roller by the second load while ejecting the recording medium on which the recording is finished.