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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Toyko, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 11/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage that includes a recording head performing recording on a recording medium, and an edge detection unit detecting an edge of the recording medium, and is movable in a predetermined direction, in which, in a state in which the carriage is positioned at a predetermined position, the edge detection unit is positioned in a passing region of the recording medium in the movement direction of the carriage, and the predetermined position is a home position of the carriage.