Patent ID: 8477168

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head that performs recording on a recording medium; a conveyance roller that conveys the recording medium in a conveyance direction; a conveyance path including a curved portion which guides the recording medium and curves the recording medium in a downstream of a nip portion between the recording head and the conveyance roller in the conveyance direction; a discharge portion that discharges the recording medium; a detecting unit that is located apart from the conveyance path, the detecting unit that detects the recording medium which deviates from the conveyance path as the recording medium is drawn into and along the conveyance roller near the curved portion of the conveyance path; and a controller which rotates the conveyance roller backwards by a predetermined amount to convey the recording medium backwards when the recording medium is detected by the detecting unit, and then rotates the conveyance roller forwards by at least the predetermined amount.