Patent ID: 8113645

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a loading section in which a recording medium is configured to be set; a feed roller for feeding the recording medium set in the loading section; a first urging mechanism for urging one of the loading section and the feed roller to decrease a distance between the set recording medium and the feed roller; an edge guide being movable in a width direction of the recording medium to align lateral edges of the recording medium set in the loading section; a DC motor for allowing the edge guide to move; and a determination unit configured to determine whether a current value at the time of driving the DC motor reaches a predetermined threshold value, wherein the driving of the DC motor is configured to be stopped when it is determined by the determination unit that the current value reaches the predetermined threshold value, wherein the DC motor is configured to be driven to allow the edge guide to move close to the lateral edge of the recording medium, the driving of the DC motor is configured to be stopped when the current value reaches the predetermined threshold value, and backward and forward rotations of the DC motor are configured to be repeated to bump the edge guide against the lateral edge of the recording medium several times.