Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of recording modules each comprising:
• a head formed with a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid;
• a carriage supporting the head and configured to move the head in a first direction;
• a module path;
• and an individual conveyor configured to convey a recording medium along the module path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of recording modules comprising a first recording module and a second recording module different from the first recording module;
• a storage configured to accommodate the recording medium;
• a first path through which the recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the first recording module;
• a second path through which the recording medium is to be conveyed from the storage to the module path of the second recording module, the second path comprising, at an upstream portion thereof, a first shared portion shared with the first path, the second path being branched off from the first path at a first branch position located at an end portion of the first shared portion;
• a first switcher configured to switch, at the first branch position, a destination of the recording medium between the first path and the second path;
• a first roller pair disposed downstream of the first branch position on the first path and comprising two rollers contacting each other, the first roller pair being configured to convey the recording medium in a state in which the recording medium is nipped by the two rollers of the first roller pair;
• a second roller pair disposed on the first shared portion and comprising two rollers contacting each other, the second roller pair being configured to convey the recording medium in a state in which the recording medium is nipped by the two rollers of the second roller pair;
• a driving device configured to drive the first roller pair and the second roller pair in synchronization with each other;
• a first sensor configured to output a signal indicating presence or absence of the recording medium at a first sensing position located on the first shared portion;
• a movement causing member configured to move the two rollers of the first roller pair relative to each other such that the two rollers of the first roller pair are selectively located at one of a contact position at which the two rollers of the first roller pair are held in contact with each other and a separated position at which the two rollers of the first roller pair are spaced apart from each other;
• and
• a controller configured to control the plurality of recording modules, the first switcher, and the driving device,
• the controller being configured to execute:
• a first determination processing in which based on the signal output from the first sensor, the controller determines whether a leading edge of the recording medium supplied toward the first recording module has reached the individual conveyor of the first recording module;
• a separating processing in which when the controller has determined in the first determination processing that the leading edge of the recording medium has reached the individual conveyor of the first recording module, the controller controls the movement causing member to move the two rollers of the first roller pair to the separated position;
• and
• a supply processing in which the controller controls the first switcher and the driving device to cause the second roller pair to supply a recording medium from the storage to the second recording module.