Patent ID: 6830398
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising:a recording-medium loading section for loading a recording medium; a recording unit; a feed mechanism for feeding the recording medium loaded in the recording-medium loading section, wherein the recording unit records on the recording medium fed by the feed mechanism; a load detector for detecting that a recording medium has been loaded in the recording-medium loading section; recording-medium discriminating means for discriminating a type of recording medium loaded in the recording-medium loading section before the recording medium is fed by the feed mechanism; a memory storing data on the type of recording medium discriminated by the recording-medium discriminating means; and control means for initiating discrimination by said recording-medium discriminating means to discriminate the type of recording medium in said recording-medium loading section in response to the detection by the load detector and for storing in said memory the data on the type of recording medium discriminated by the recording-medium discriminating means; wherein said control means controls the operation of the recording unit according to the type of recording medium stored in the memory when recording is instructed.