Patent ID: 8727334

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a device main unit, a first media housing unit capable of housing media, a second media housing unit capable of housing media, a feed unit provided in common for the first media housing unit and the second media housing unit, for feeding the media from one of that first and second media housing unit, a drive unit that moves the first media housing unit between a feed position at which feeding by the feed unit is possible, and a removal position at which removal of the first media housing unit from the device main unit is possible, a conveyance unit for conveying media fed by the feed unit, a recording unit for performing recording on conveyed media based on a recording job, a judgment unit for judging whether or not a designated standby time has elapsed still without a next recording job after the current recording job performed by the recording unit has ended in a state with the first media housing unit arranged in the feed position, and a control unit for controlling the drive unit to hold the first media housing unit in the feed position when the judgment unit judges that it is before the standby time has elapsed, and on the other hand, to move the first media housing unit from the feed position to the removal position when the judgment unit judges that it is after the standby time has elapsed, wherein the judgment unit also judges whether or not a next recording job for which a different media housing unit is specified than the current recording job has been received, and the control unit moves the first media housing unit to the removal position when the judgment unit judges that a next recording job for which the different media housing unit is specified has been received, even when it is before the standby time has elapsed.