Patent ID: 8814309
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to record an image on a recording medium; a first roller arranged upstream of the recording head in a conveying direction and configured to convey the recording medium; a second roller arranged downstream of the recording head in the conveying direction and configured to convey the recording medium; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, in a state in which a sheet is not conveyed by the first roller and is conveyed by the second roller, a conveyance correction amount of the second roller by causing the recording head to record a test pattern on the sheet; a storing unit configured to store, in a case where the recording head is caused by the obtaining unit to record the test pattern on the sheet, a test-pattern rotating position of the second roller of when a trailing edge of the sheet passes the first roller; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust, in a case where recording of an image on a recording medium is performed by the recording head, a rotating position at which the first roller starts conveyance of the recording medium so that a rotating position of the second roller of when a trailing edge of the recording medium passes the first roller matches the test pattern rotating position.