Patent ID: 7651188
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a transporting section that transports a recording medium; a detection section that can move in a direction that intersects the transporting direction of the recording medium and that is for detecting a width of the recording medium in the direction that intersects the transporting direction of the recording medium; and and a controller that makes the detection section perform an operation detecting the width of the recording medium, the operation being settable to ON or OFF, wherein when the operation is set to ON, the operation is performed before the recording head starts recording the recording information onto the recording medium, and when the operation is set to OFF, the recording head starts recording the recording information onto the recording medium without performing the operation, wherein the operation is initially set to ON or OFF in accordance with a type of print mode comprising a first print mode and a second print mode, the second print mode has a lower print resolution than the first print mode, and wherein in the first print mode, the operation is initially set to ON, and in the second print mode, the operation is initially set to OFF.