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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Kiyoshi Mukaiyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Kiyoshi Mukaiyama, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus that performs a recording on a recording medium comprising: the recording operation a transport unit, a recording unit, a feed starting unit that starts feeding of the recording medium by the recording unit that has moved to a position on a moving path of the recording unit outside a recordable area, a determination unit that determines whether the moving direction of the recording unit for the last line of the first copy is toward the position where a recording operation for a plurality of copies of the same data is performed, the moving unit is controlled such that the moving direction of the recording unit for a first line of the second copy is opposite to the moving direction for a first line of the first copy when the moving direction for the last line of the first copy is determined not to be toward the predetermined position.