Patent ID: 8622504
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium using a recording head comprising: a conveyance roller configured to perform a conveyance of a recording medium between one recording by the recording head and a next recording by the recording head; a controlling unit controlling the recording head to record a first pattern for detecting a first conveyance amount in the conveyance of N times, N being an integral number equaling to or more than 2, from a state that the conveyance roller is in contact with the recording medium at a predetermined position of the conveyance roller, and a second pattern for detecting a second conveyance amount in the conveyance of N−1 times from a state that one conveyance has been performed from the state that conveyance roller is in contact with the recording medium at the predetermined position; a detecting unit configured to detect the first conveyance amount from the first pattern and the second conveyance amount from the second pattern; and a correcting unit configured to correct a conveyance amount from the state that the conveyance roller is in contact with the recording medium at the predetermined position of the conveyance roller to the state that one conveyance is performed, based on the first amount and the second amount.