Patent ID: 7600753
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus including a first transporting device which transports a medium, a second transporting device which transports the medium at a position downstream of the first transporting device in a transporting direction, and a recording device which performs recording on the medium transported by the first and second transporting devices, the recording apparatus comprising: a controller which determines one transporting device which is to be driven first from among the first transporting device and the second transporting device according to a condition, determines the other transporting device which is to be subsequently driven and controls a startup timing of the other transporting device which is to be subsequently driven on the basis of a position parameter according to a driving amount of the one transporting device which is to be driven first, a determining device which determines whether a transporting operation by at least the first and second transporting devices has been performed as the condition, wherein the controller starts driving of the first transporting device and controls the startup timing of the second transporting device which is to be subsequently driven on the basis of the position parameter according to the driving amount of the first transporting device if the one transporting device which is to be driven first is the first transporting device, and first starts driving of the second transporting device and controls the startup timing of the first transporting device which is to be subsequently driven on the basis of the position parameter according to the driving amount of the second transporting device if the one transporting device which is to be driven first is the second transporting device, and wherein the controller determines the first transporting device as the transporting device which is to be driven first, determines the second transporting device as the transporting device which is to be subsequently driven, and starts the driving of the first transporting device when the position parameter becomes equal to a predetermined value thereby a looseness is given to the medium during the transporting operation by at least the first and second transporting devices, if the transporting operation by at least the first and second transporting devices has been performed.