Recording apparatus having an endless conveyor belt.

摘要

A recording apparatus operates to build an image at high quality without occurrence of malfunctions attributable to raised/recessed spots on the surface of a conveyance belt (201) and insufficient dimensioning for width (LB) of the conveyance belt (201) while preventing the interior of the recording apparatus from being contaminated with erroneously injected ink. The recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt (201) for conveying a recording sheet below four kinds of recording heads (305), and the conveyance belt (201) has a joint line (B) along which the opposite ends of a band-shaped material are jointed to each other. In addition, the conveyance belt (201) has a band-shaped colored part (C) which is located remote from the joint line (B) by a predetermined distance. The colored part is detected by an optical sensor (210), and a control unit (200) controls the driving of the conveyance belt (201) in response to a signal derived from the detection of the optical sensor (210). <IMAGE> <IMAGE>