Patent ID: 8449104

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a supporting unit for supporting a roll sheet; a conveyance unit configured to convey the roll sheet in a first direction in which the roll sheet is unrolled and a second direction opposite from the first direction; a control unit configured to control a drive of the conveyance unit; a recording unit configured to record an image on the conveyed roll sheet; a cutter configured to cut off a portion of the roll sheet, where the image is recorded, to form a first front edge, the cut-off portion being pushed out to a first position by the first front edge of the roll sheet conveyed in the first direction; a detecting unit configured to detect the first front edge of the roll sheet which is conveyed in the second direction; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of drive of the conveyance unit that conveys the first front edge of the roll sheet from the first position to a second position where the first front edge is detected, wherein the control unit obtains a correction factor calculated based on the amount of drive of the conveyance unit and a distance from the first position to the second position.