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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of feeding a medium in a recording apparatus, which prevents a delay of start of a transport operation to thereby prevent throughput from being deteriorated, even if the preliminary feeding operation of a subsequent medium is still continued and a determination value is not yet determined, when acquiring the determination value according to a gap between a previous medium and the subsequent medium in order to determine whether or not conveyance of the previous medium and feeding of the subsequent medius are simultaneously performed, and to provide a recording apparatus. SOLUTION: When a trailing end sensor 45 detects the trailing end of a previous sheet during transport operation of the previous sheet, an ASF motor 54 is driven to start preliminary feeding of a subsequent sheet. After a leading end sensor 46 detects the leading end of the subsequent sheet, the subsequent sheet is further fed to a position advanced by a prescribed distance B. If an inter-paper distance Lg calculated prior to the next transport operation satisfies Lg≥K, a PF motor 53 and the ASF motor 54 are simultaneously driven, and transport operation of the leading sheet and feeding of the subsequent sheet are simultaneously performed. During calculation time, if the ASF motor 54 is continuously driven for preliminary feeding, transport operation is immediately started without waiting for until the driving of the ASF motor is stopped. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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