Patent ID: 7396123

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record images on a recording medium by ejecting ink onto the recording medium; a conveyor belt configured to transport the recording medium in a transport direction to the recording unit; a first electrode group including a plurality of first electrodes inside the conveyor belt, the first electrodes being arranged in the transport direction; a second electrode group including a plurality of second electrodes inside the conveyor belt, each second electrode being disposed between the first electrodes; a charging unit configured to charge the first electrode group and the second electrode group to provide a potential difference between the first electrode group and the second electrode group in order to generate an electrostatic force to attract the recording medium to the conveyor belt during transporting the recording medium; a duplex transport unit configured to turn over the recording medium transported by the conveyor belt from a first surface upward to a second surface upward and delivering the recording medium to the conveyor belt with the second surface upward in order to carry out recording on the second surface of the recording medium having a recorded first surface; a storage unit configured to store a recording amount that has been recorded on the first surface of the recording medium; and a control unit controlling the charging unit so that the difference between potentials of the first electrode group and the second electrode group during transportation of the recording medium with the second surface upward is different from the difference between potentials of the first electrode group and the second electrode group during transportation of the recording medium with the first surface upward, wherein the control unit controls the charging unit so that the difference between potentials of the first electrode group and the second electrode group during transportation of the recording medium with the second surface upward is a first potential difference when the recording amount stored in the storage unit is a first recording amount, and a second potential difference greater than the first potential difference when the recording amount stored in the storage unit is a second recording amount more than the first recording amount.