Patent ID: 6592198
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus, comprising:conveying means for conveying a recording medium; a conveying motor for driving the conveying means; servo computing means for controlling the output directed to the conveying motor based on servo computing results obtained using software; position detecting means for detecting the position of the recording medium by counting the number of the edges of an encoder signal; a stop position setting register for setting a stop position of the recording medium; position comparing means for comparing the position of the recording medium detected by the position detecting means with that set by the stop position setting register; conveying motor output switching means for selectively switching the output from the servo computing means and the output from an output-for-stop setting register; and a conveying mechanism control unit for performing a first processing and a second processing almost simultaneously, when it is detected by the position comparing means that the recording medium has reached the stop position, wherein, said first processing is to make invalid the output of the servo computing means by the conveying motor output switching means and make effective the output in accordance with the output-for-stop setting register, and said second processing is to generate an auto stop interrupt to inform that the output in accordance with the output-for-stop setting register is made effective.