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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuhisa Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuhisa Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that performs recording on a recording target medium; a driving mechanism that is capable of causing the recording head to move closer to the recording target medium or move away from the recording target medium; and a controlling section that determines driving amount for one driving operation that is performed by the driving mechanism on the basis of results of a comparison made between a first recording head movement direction that is taken or to be taken in the one driving operation and a second recording head movement direction that was taken in another driving operation that is immediately before the one driving operation and thus precedes the one driving operation.