Patent ID: 9033449
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a plurality of recording modules each comprising a module path and a recording device configured to perform recording on a recording medium conveyed along the module path, the plurality of recording modules comprising a first recording module and a second recording module different from the first recording module; a storage configured to accommodate the recording medium; a first path through which a recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the first recording module; a second path through which a recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the second recording module, the second path comprising, at an upstream portion thereof, a shared portion shared with the first path, the second path being branched off from the first path at a branch position located at an end portion of the shared portion; a switcher configured to switch, at the branch position, a destination of the recording medium between the first path and the second path; a shared conveyor configured to convey the recording medium at the shared portion; a sensor configured to output a signal indicating presence or absence of the recording medium at a sensing position located on the shared portion; and a controller configured to control the plurality of recording modules, the switcher, and the shared conveyor, the first path and the module path of the first recording module being configured such that a trailing edge of a recording medium for which recording is being performed by the first recording module on a leading edge of a recordable area is located upstream of the branch position on the first path, the first path and the module path of the first recording module being configured such that when recording is being performed by the second recording module on a trailing edge of a recordable area of a recording medium, the trailing edge of the recording medium on which the recording is being performed by the first recording module is located downstream of the branch position on the first path and the module path of the first recording module, the controller being configured to execute: