Patent ID: 8960852
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a stage which includes a support surface for supporting a recording medium; a recording processing section which includes a recording unit for performing recording on the recording medium supported by the stage and is bridged so as to cross over the stage in a first direction; a moving section which moves the recording processing section in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and along the support surface, with respect to the stage; a bumper section which is arranged on at least one of one side and the other side of the recording processing section in the second direction and absorbs impact when a foreign matter collides; and a detection section which detects whether or not a distance between the recording medium and the recording unit in a facing direction of the recording unit and the stage is less than a predetermined value, wherein at least a part of the detection section is arranged inside the bumper section.