Patent ID: 8783817
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording device which carries out a recording process with respect to a recording medium using a recording unit mounted on a moving member that reciprocates along a scan direction intersecting a feeding direction of the recording medium, comprising: a reception unit that receives a recording instruction; an end portion detection unit that detects a position of an end portion in a width direction of the recording medium, based on a detection signal which is output from a signal output portion provided in the moving member; a memory unit that stores end portion positional information on the position detected by the end portion detection unit; a control unit that controls the movement of the moving member so that, when end portion positional information from a prior recording medium is stored in the memory unit and an edge recording is instructed by the recording instruction, the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium is not detected; an accommodation device that can be freely attached to and detached from the recording device and accommodates the recording medium before the recording process; and an attachment and detachment detection unit that detects the detachment of the accommodation device from the recording device, wherein, after the detachment of the accommodation device from the recording device is detected by the attachment and detachment detection unit, the accommodation device is mounted on the recording device, and then, when the recording process is performed, the control unit allows the movement of the moving member to the end portion side in the width direction of the recording medium for detecting the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium, and the end portion detection unit detects the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording medium based on the detection signal from the signal output portion when the moving member is moved to the end portion side in the width direction of the recording medium, and stores the end portion positional information on the position in the memory unit.