Patent ID: 7494119
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium; a conveyance mechanism which conveys the recording medium supplied by the supply mechanism; an image recording unit which records an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; a first medium detection unit which detects the recording medium supplied from the supply mechanism to the conveyance mechanism, and which outputs detection information; a second medium detection unit which detects the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, and which outputs detection information; a conveyance information generation unit which generates conveyance information of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; and a control unit which selects one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit based on prescribed information corresponding to an interval between the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit, and which controls the image recording unit to perform an image recording operation based on the conveyance information generated by the conveyance information generating unit and the detection information output from the selected one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit; and wherein the control unit sets the prescribed information in accordance with the interval between the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit, uses the detection information output from the selected one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit as trigger information, and controls the image recording unit to perform the image recording operation based on the trigger information and the conveyance information.