Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYosuke Nakano, Atsuhiko Takeuchi
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Abstract
A discharged sheet reception tray is displaced between a most protruded position which protrudes most and an accommodation position which is accommodated inside an apparatus. Since a control unit switches the positions of the discharged sheet reception tray depending on a length of a sheet to be discharged, taking the sheet from the discharged sheet reception tray is easily improved. Specifically, since a drive unit driving the discharged sheet reception tray is controlled so that a leading edge of the discharged sheet protrudes by a predetermined amount from the discharged sheet reception tray, it is possible to easily take the sheet from the discharged sheet reception tray by picking up the leading edge of the sheet.
Claims7
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit that performs a recording on a medium;
- a discharge unit that discharges the medium on which the recording is performed by the recording unit;
- a medium reception tray that is provided to be capable of displacing between a first position protruding in a medium discharge direction and a second position drawn in an opposite direction to the medium discharge direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit;
- a drive unit that drives the medium reception tray;
- and
- a control unit that controls the drive unit so as to hold the medium reception tray at the first position at least until a discharge operation of the medium is completed by the discharge unit and so as to switch the medium reception tray from the first position to the second position after the discharge operation is completed.
A method of controlling a recording apparatus which includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium;
- a discharge unit that discharges the medium on which the recording is performed by the recording unit;
- a medium reception tray that is provided to be capable of displacing between a first position protruding in a medium discharge direction and a second position drawn in an opposite direction to the medium discharge direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit;
- a drive unit that drives the medium reception tray;
- and a control unit that controls the drive unit, the method comprising:
- receiving a recording execution command;
- determining a current position of the medium reception tray;
- and
- starting a printing operation by moving the medium reception tray to a position where a leading edge of the medium protrudes by a predetermined amount from the leading edge of the medium reception tray, based on size information of the medium.
A method of controlling a recording apparatus which includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium;
- a discharge unit that discharges the medium on which the recording is performed by the recording unit;
- a medium reception tray that is provided to be capable of displacing between a first position protruding in a medium discharge direction and a second position drawn in an opposite direction to the medium discharge direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit;
- a drive unit that drives the medium reception tray;
- and a control unit that controls the drive unit, the method comprising:
- receiving a recording execution command,
- determining a current position of the medium reception tray,
- starting a recording operation by switching the medium reception tray to the first position, and
- moving the medium reception tray to a position where a leading edge of the medium protrudes by a predetermined amount from the leading edge of the medium reception tray, based on size information of the medium after the recording operation is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.