Patent ID: 8721206

Claim:
An image recording apparatus which records an image on a recording medium, the image recording apparatus comprising: a first roller pair comprising: a first driving roller to which a driving force is transmitted from a driving source; and a first driven roller arranged to face the first driving roller and which rotates in a state of interposing the recording medium therebetween to transport the recording medium in a first direction; a recording section which records the image on the recording medium transported by the first roller pair; a position detecting section which detects a position of the recording medium with respect to the first roller pair in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction before the recording section starts recording of the image; a determining section which determines a rotation amount of the first driving roller before the recording section starts the recording of the image; and a control unit which controls the first driving roller based on the rotation amount determined by the determining section so that the first roller pair transports the recording medium. wherein the first driven roller comprises a plurality of first driven rollers which are arranged in the second direction; wherein the image recording apparatus further comprises a specifying section which specifies a number of the first driven rollers to be brought into contact with the recording medium based on the position in the second direction of the recording medium detected by the position detecting section; and wherein the determining section determines the rotation amount depending on the number of the first driven rollers specified by the specifying section.