Patent ID: 8864271

Claim:
A medium transportation device comprising: a transportation unit that transports a medium; a medium holding member having a holding surface on which the medium to be transported by the transportation unit is held; a non-contact detector that obtains positional information of the medium by detecting the medium which is held on the holding surface in a non-contact manner; a recording unit that performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the medium held on the holding surface; and a transportation control unit that controls transportation by the transportation unit based on the information obtained by U detector, wherein an entering direction of the medium transported by the transportation unit onto the holding surface is determined so as to intersect the plane of the holding surface, the detector is disposed such that a detection area is located at a position downstream in a transportation direction with respect to the intersection position between the entering direction of the medium and the holding surface and upstream with respect to the recording area in the transportation direction, and the intersection position is located at a position upstream with respect to a recording area of the recording unit in the transportation direction.