Patent ID: 8876106

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a supply cassette configured to hold a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium; a determination unit configured to determine a length of the medium in a direction of conveyance of the medium; a recording unit configured to record onto the medium being conveyed; one stacker that is able to move between a withdrawn position and a plurality of receiving positions for receiving an already-recorded medium that has been discharged, the receiving positions including a position at which an amount of extension that corresponds to the length of the medium is reached, the stacker being located above the supply cassette when the stacker is in the withdrawn position; a power source configured to drive the stacker; and a control unit configured to control the power source and to move the stacker to one of the receiving positions, wherein the plurality of receiving positions are positions at which the medium can be stacked onto a plurality of respective stack positions on the stacker, and the control unit changes the stack position so that a number of stacked sheets of the medium is not greater than an upper limit value at each of the stack positions.