RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE RECORDING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SHINOHARA SHINPEI, OGASAWARA SEIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.08.2017
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality even when a leading edge of a sheet is curled.SOLUTION: A recording apparatus according to the present invention is a recording apparatus including a recording section which performs a recording operation, a first conveyance roller arranged upstream of a recording section in a sheet conveyance direction, a second conveyance roller arranged downstream of the recording section in the sheet conveyance direction, and a driven roller movable to a first position where it is pressed against the second conveyance roller to pinch a sheet together with the second conveyance roller and a second position spaced apart from the second conveyance roller, the recording apparatus further including control means for performing a conveyance operation for conveying the sheet to the second conveyance roller with the driven roller being at the second position and a pinching operation for moving the driven roller to the first position after the conveyance operation to pinch the sheet between the second conveyance roller and the driven roller before performing the recording operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】 シートの先端がカールしている場合であっても画像品位の低下を抑制することができる記録装置を提供する。【解決手段】 本発明に係る記録装置は、記録動作を行う記録部と、シートの搬送方向において記録部の上流側に配置された第１の搬送ローラと、シートの搬送方向において記録部の下流側に配置された第２の搬送ローラと、第２の搬送ローラに押圧され第２の搬送ローラと共にシートを挟持する第１の位置と第２の搬送ローラから離間した第２の位置とに移動可能な従動ローラと、を備える記録装置であって、記録動作を行う前に、従動ローラが第２の位置にある状態でシートを第２の搬送ローラまで搬送させる搬送動作と当該搬送動作の後に従動ローラを第１の位置に移動させて当該シートを第２の搬送ローラと従動ローラとによって挟持させる挟持動作とを実行する制御手段を備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】 図５