Patent ID: 7857411

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a feeding mechanism which feeds a recording medium placed on a feeding surface; a recording head which ejects a liquid droplet onto the recording medium on the feeding mechanism; a position sensor which outputs a detection signal when the recording medium being fed by the feeding mechanism reaches a predetermined position, and also when a liquid-droplet ejection area formed at a part of the feeding surface reaches the predetermined position; a determining portion which determines whether the liquid-droplet ejection area passes the predetermined position; and a recording-head controller which controls the recording head such that (i) when the detection signal is not outputted from the position sensor, the recording head does not eject a liquid droplet, (ii) when the detection signal is outputted from the position sensor and the determining portion determines that the liquid-droplet ejection area does not reach the predetermined position, the recording head records on the recording medium an image desired to be recorded on the recording medium, and (iii) when the detection signal is outputted from the position sensor and the determining portion determines that the liquid-droplet ejection area reaches the predetermined position, the recording head prints on the liquid-droplet ejection area an image desired to be printed on the liquid-droplet ejection area.