Reading/recording apparatus, reading/recording control method, program for implementing the reading/recording control method, reading apparatus, reading control method, and program for implementing the reading control method

Abstract

There is provided a reading/recording apparatus which is miniaturized, by having a reading device and a recording device share a moving space on a shared conveying path used as both a conveying path for an original and a conveying path for a recording sheet, and which is capable of carrying out an error removal process such as a jam removal process in a manner discriminating whether an original or a recording sheet remains on the shared conveying path, without an original being damaged. The reading device is freely movable between a reading position on the shared conveying path and a reading standby position away from the reading position, and reads an image of the original at the reading position. The recording device is freely movable between a recording position on the shared conveying path and a recording standby position away from the recording position, and records an image on the recording sheet at the recording position. It is determined whether a conveying medium detected remaining on the shared conveying path by a conveying medium detecting sensor is the original or the recording sheet. The original remaining on the shared conveying path is discharged without causing the reading unit to move, when the detected conveying medium remaining on the shared conveying path is the original.