RECORDING APPARATUS

Abstract: a recording apparatus includes a conveying portion, a recording portion, a fixing portion, a cutting portion disposed on the downstream side of the fixing portion in a conveyance direction, an air blowing portion that blows air from an upstream side to the downstream side in the conveyance direction and toward the recording surface of the recording medium, and a control portion that controls an amount of the air from the air blowing portion. the control portion controls an amount of the air blown from the air blowing portion per unit time after the fixing of the image by the fixing portion is ended till a cutting operation performed by the cutting portion to be larger than an amount of the air blown from the air blowing portion per unit time during a recording operation performed by the recording portion.

Inventor(s): SHIN GENTA, SATOSHI WADA, HAJIME NAGAI, AYUMI YASUDA, SHINGO NISHIOKA, KEIJI KURIYAMA, SERENA SAITO

CPC Classification: B41J11/00222 (Devices or arrangements {of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers,} for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form (script supports connected to the typewriter or printer ))

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