RECORDING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

Abstract

A recording device includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of a medium on a conveyance path, and a control unit configured to receive detection information from the edge detection unit, wherein the control unit acquires, based on the detection information from the edge detection unit, a direction of skewing of the medium and/or an amount of the skewing on the conveyance path and outputs skewing information including the direction of the skewing and the amount of the skewing.

Description

Claims

1. A recording device comprising: a conveyance path through which a medium is conveyed;a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium at the conveyance path;a conveyance unit located upstream of the recording unit on the conveyance path and configured to convey the medium toward the recording unit;an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of the medium on the conveyance path; anda control unit configured to receive detection information from the edge detection unit, wherein the control unit acquires, based on the detection information from the edge detection unit, a direction of skewing of the medium and an amount of the skewing on the conveyance path, andthe control unit outputs skewing information including the direction of the skewing and/or the amount of the skewing.

2. The recording device according to claim 1, comprising a display unit configured to display various types of information under control of the control unit, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display an angle of the skewing as the skewing information.

3. The recording device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to graphically display a direction of skewing of a medium as the skewing information.

4. The recording device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display, as the skewing information, information about displacement of a recording image with respect to the medium.

5. The recording device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit includes a user interface with which a user selects any one of a first option for performing recording regardless of the skewing,a second option for discharging the medium upstream or downstream of the conveyance unit on the conveyance path, without performing the recording, anda third option for manually correcting the skewing of the medium, andthe control unit executes processing corresponding to the option selected.

6. The recording device according to claim 5, wherein the conveyance unit includes a roller pair configured to nip and convey the medium, andthe control unit releases the nipping by the roller pair or reduces a nip load of the roller pair, when the third option is selected.

7. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording unit includes a recording head configured to eject ink onto the medium, the recording head being provided to a carriage movable in a width direction intersecting a direction in which the medium is conveyed, andthe edge detection unit includes an optical sensor provided to the carriage at a position facing the medium.

8. The recording device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs the skewing information to a portable information terminal configured to communicate with the control unit.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a control unit of a recording device, the recording device including: a conveyance path through which a medium is conveyed;a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium at the conveyance path;a conveyance unit located upstream of the recording unit on the conveyance path, and configured to convey the medium to the recording unit;an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of the medium on the conveyance path; andthe control unit configured to receive detection information from the edge detection unit,the program being configured to: acquire, based on the detection information from the edge detection unit, a direction of skewing of the medium and/or an amount of the skewing on the conveyance path; andoutput skewing information including the direction of the skewing and the amount of the skewing.