Patent ID: 8480201

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a medium-supporting part configured and arranged to support a long recording medium; a recording processing part configured and arranged to perform recording process for recording on the recording medium supported on the medium-supporting part; a recording processing part conveyance system configured and arranged to move the recording processing part parallel to a support surface of the medium-supporting part along a moving direction; a medium conveyance system including a first drive roller configured and arranged to feed the recording medium to the medium-supporting part, a first drive motor connected to the first drive roller, a second drive roller configured and arranged to convey the recording medium out from the medium-supporting part, and a second drive motor connected to the second drive roller; and a control unit configured to control the recording device in response to an occurrence of a predetermined abnormality in the medium conveyance system in an interval in which the recording processing is carried out on the recording medium while the recording processing part scans above the recording medium by the recording processing part conveyance system, the control unit is configured to carry out an operation to, in response to the occurrence of the abnormality while the recording processing part is moving in a first direction along the moving direction and performing the recording process, retract the recording processing part to an area outside of the medium-supporting part by moving the recording processing part in the first direction of the recording processing part, or carry out an operation to, in response to the occurrence of the abnormality while the recording processing part is moving in the first direction and performing the recording process, retract the recording processing part to an area outside of the medium-supporting part by moving recording processing part in one of the first direction and a second direction along the moving direction, which is closer to one of edges of the medium-supporting part from a position of the recording processing part at a time at which the abnormality has occurred, regardless of the first direction of the recording processing part.