Patent ID: 8286960

Claim:
A recording apparatus which records an image on a recording medium by repeating an operation of recording by discharging ink by a recording head and a conveying operation of conveying the recording medium in a conveying direction which crosses a moving direction, the recording apparatus comprising: a first conveying roller which conveys the recording medium, wherein the first conveying roller is positioned upstream of the recording head in the conveying direction; a second conveying roller which conveys the recording medium, wherein the second conveying roller is positioned downstream of the recording head in the conveying direction; and a controller which controls the conveying operation of conveying the recording medium with the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller, wherein the controller obtains at least one of information about a type of the recording medium, information about a recording speed, and information about a mode of printing, wherein the controller selectively performs a first conveying mode and a second conveying mode and selects the first conveying mode or the second conveying mode based on the obtained at least one of the information about the type of the recording medium, the information about the recording speed, and the information about the mode of printing, wherein, in response to the first conveying mode being selected, the controller controls rotational phases of the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller such that the conveying operation in which a trailing end of the recording medium passes the first conveying roller is performed by predetermined sections of circumferences of the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller, and wherein, in response to the second conveying mode being selected, the controller does not control rotational phases of the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller such that the conveying operation in which the trailing end of the recording medium passes the first conveying roller is performed by random sections of circumferences of the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller.