Patent ID: 7382434
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G03B,G03F

Abstract:
1. A recording medium conveyance control method of a recording apparatus for recording by relatively moving a recording head with respect to a recording medium, comprising: a medium conveying step of conveying a recording medium through in a conveyance path including a recording position by rotating a LF roller during recording; a medium feeding step of picking up a recording medium from a housing unit housing a plurality of recording media and conveying the picked-upped recording medium in the conveyance path to a position that the LF roller can convey the recording medium; and a control step of, in a case where it is determined that recording for a next recording medium is necessary during recording of a current recording medium being recorded, controlling feeding of the next recording medium in said medium feeding step to feed for a distance in the conveyance path, corresponding to a conveyance distance of the current recording medium by the LF roller, in synchronization with the conveyance of the current recording medium by the LF roller in said medium conveying step, until the next recording medium has been conveyed to a predetermined position at the upper stream side of the LF roller, wherein the conveyance distance corresponds to an amount of conveyance of the current recording medium conveyed in said medium conveyance step after the recording head is scanned for the recording.