Patent ID: 8246160

Claim:
A recording apparatus that performs recording on recording media by a recording head in a recording section, the recording apparatus comprising: a stacking section at which the recording media are stacked; U-turn path for conveying the recording media, fed from the stacking section, in a first direction opposite to a conveying direction of the recording media when the recording is performed by the recording head, then conveying the recording media in a second direction same as the conveying direction when the recording is performed to the recording section, and reversing front and back sides of the recording media; and a guide path for guiding recording media in the U-turn path to the recording section without passing through the U-turn path, wherein, when a first recording medium is conveyed from the stacking section to the recording section, the first recording medium is conveyed through the U-turn path so that the front and back sides of the recording medium are reversed, and wherein, when a second recording medium, which is different from the first recording medium, is conveyed from the stacking section to the recording section, the second recording medium is conveyed in the U-turn path in the first direction and then is conveyed in a direction that is opposite to the first direction so that the second recording medium is guided by the guide path before the recording is performed on the second recording medium.