Abstract: A method for driving a medium supplying apparatus which supplies medium by a pick-up roller, wherein an operation of stopping rotation of the pick-up roller is inserted at least one of before an operation of supplying medium to a separating position where, when a plurality of sheets of medium are fed together by the pick-up roller displaced to the supplying position, an uppermost sheet of the plurality of sheets of medium is separated from a lower sheet or sheets, and before an operation of returning the separated lower sheet or sheets after separating the uppermost sheet from the lower sheet or sheets.

Abstract: A carriage device includes a circuit substrate having a conductive connection portion, a connector having a plurality of contact arms, a connector holder in which the circuit substrate and the connector are installed, and a carriage in which a recording head unit is built and an ink cartridge having a conductive connection portion is housed and to which the connector holder is attached with both ends of the connector holder held, wherein contact terminals of the plurality of contact arms of the connector elastically contact the conductive connection portion of the circuit substrate and the conductive connection portion of the ink cartridge which are respectively disposed on both sides of the connector so as to electrically conduct between the circuit substrate and the ink cartridge, wherein a back side support member contacting the circuit substrate for regulating deformation of a face of the circuit substrate on the basis of the elastic contact is provided in the carriage, and wherein a deformation preventin

Abstract: A power connection/disconnection mechanism which connects and disconnects power, including: a crutch cover having a claw portion, and a projection which a contact portion of a lever is brought into abutment with; a gear having a toothed portion which the claw portion is brought into engagement with and disengagement from, wherein a mesh engagement portion formed from the claw portion and the toothed portion has two stages for forward and backward rotations.

Abstract: A carriage device includes a circuit substrate having a conductive connection portion, a connector having a plurality of contact arms, a connector holder in which the circuit substrate and the connector are installed, and a carriage in which a recording head unit is built and an ink cartridge having a conductive connection portion is housed and to which the connector holder is attached with both ends of the connector holder held, wherein contact terminals of the plurality of contact arms of the connector elastically contact the conductive connection portion of the circuit substrate and the conductive connection portion of the ink cartridge which are respectively disposed on both sides of the connector so as to electrically conduct between the circuit substrate and the ink cartridge, wherein a back side support member contacting the circuit substrate for regulating deformation of a face of the circuit substrate on the basis of the elastic contact is provided in the carriage, and wherein a deformation preventin

Abstract: A recording head has a nozzle orifice line, and performs recording on a recording medium. A transport roller transports the recording medium to a position opposite to the recording head. A control unit has information about a plurality of speed levels different from each other which are rotational speeds for constant speed regions of the transport roller, a plurality of recording modes for leading end margins and information about recording start positions different from each other in each recording mode, and includes an optimum transport speed selecting unit that, when any one of the recording modes is selected, compares a first distance from a recording medium sensor to the recording start position with a second distance from a deceleration start point to a stop point, and selects the highest speed level when the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: A method for driving a medium supplying apparatus which supplies medium by a pick-up roller, wherein an operation of stopping rotation of the pick-up roller is inserted at least one of before an operation of supplying medium to a separating position where, when a plurality of sheets of medium are fed together by the pick-up roller displaced to the supplying position, an uppermost sheet of the plurality of sheets of medium is separated from a lower sheet or sheets, and before an operation of returning the separated lower sheet or sheets after separating the uppermost sheet from the lower sheet or sheets.

Abstract: A feeder is operable to feed the medium. A separator is provided with an abutment portion on which the medium fed in a first direction by the feeder is adapted to abut and which projects in a second direction opposed to the first direction.

Abstract: A power connection/disconnection mechanism which connects and disconnects power, including: a crutch cover having a claw portion, and a projection which a contact portion of a lever is brought into abutment with; a gear having a toothed portion which the claw portion is brought into engagement with and disengagement from, wherein a mesh engagement portion formed from the claw portion and the toothed portion has two stages for forward and backward rotations.