Patent ID: 6231159
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising:a first sheet convey means for conveying a sheet;a recording means provided at a downstream side of said first sheet convey means in a sheet conveying direction to scan in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction to record an image on the sheet, wherein said recording means effects recording while scanning from a record start position outside of one lateral edge of the conveyed sheet in a direction transverse to the sheet conveying direction and returns to the record start position after the scanning;a second sheet convey means provided at a downstream side of said recording means in the sheet conveying direction to convey the sheet;a floating preventing member disposed between said first and second sheet convey means in the sheet conveying direction to hold down an upper surface of the sheet at one lateral edge thereof parallel with the sheet conveying direction to thereby prevent said one lateral edge of the sheet from floating, while said floating preventing member does not hold down a lateral edge on a side opposite to the record start position;a tail end detection means provided at an upstream of said first sheet convey means in the sheet conveying direction to recognize a position of a tail end of the sheet by detecting the tail end of the sheet being conveyed; anda control means for controlling the apparatus so that the sheet is passed through said second sheet convey means in a condition where said recording means is moved to a position outside the lateral edge opposite to the record start position of the sheet and stopped without returning to the record start position, after a last line recording is being effected by said recording means after the tail end of the sheet has been passed through said first sheet convey means and is released from the supporting of said first sheet convey means.