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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yanagishita, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus including: a medium support tray capable of supporting a recording medium; a moving mechanism moving the medium support tray; a recording head capable of recording on the recording medium which is transported by moving the medium support tray; a protective member of the recording head; an instruction receiving section which receives an instruction of a maintenance start of the protective member; and a controller which controls the moving mechanism so as to retract the medium support tray from a set position in which the recording medium is set on the medium support tray when the instruction receiving section receives the instruction of the maintenance start.