Patent ID: 8221011

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: roll mounting means for mounting a roll wound with a recording medium; transport means for transporting the recording medium with a transport roller in accordance with a recording operation; recording means for performing recording on the transported recording medium; releasing means disposed between the roll mounting means and the transport roller for pulling the recording medium from the mounted roll by rotation of a releasing roller so that the recording medium is released from the roll; and sag amount detecting means for detecting a sag amount of a sag part of the recording medium, the sag part being formed by placing a tension roller on the recording medium between the releasing roller and the transport roller so that the weight of the tension roller presses the recording medium downward to exert a predetermined tension on the recording medium between the releasing roller and the transport roller, wherein the releasing means adjusts a releasing amount of the recording medium in accordance with the detected sag amount and maintains the position of the tension roller within a predetermined range based on the detected sag amount.