Recording apparatus and transport method

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes: a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium having a lenticular lens in a transport direction; and a guide that includes a convex portion formed along the transport direction and guides the recording medium in the transport direction by allowing the convex portion to come in contact with the lenticular lens.

1 . A recording apparatus comprising:
 a transport mechanism that transports a recording medium having a lenticular lens in a transport direction; and   a guide that includes a convex portion formed along the transport direction and guides the recording medium in the transport direction by allowing the convex portion to come in contact with the lenticular lens.   
     
     
         2 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pressing member that presses the recording medium against the guide.   
     
     
         3 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the pressing member exerts a pressing force on the recording medium which is being transported in the transport direction. 
     
     
         4 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein a transport roller that is rotated to transport the recording medium in the transport direction serves as the pressing member. 
     
     
         5 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the transport mechanism has a transport roller that is rotated to transport the recording medium in the transport direction, and   the pressing member is provided on an upstream side of the transport direction from the transport roller.   
     
     
         6 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the transport mechanism has a transport roller that is rotated to transport the recording medium in the transport direction, and   the pressing member is provided between a recording position on a downstream side of the transport direction from the transport roller and the transport roller.   
     
     
         7 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a length in the transport direction of the guide is shorter than a length in the transport direction of the recording medium. 
     
     
         8 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein an end surface in the transport direction of the guide is an inclined surface, and   when an upper end of the recording medium being transported toward the guide comes in contact with the inclined surface, the inclined surface guides the upper end toward a side where the convex portion of the guide is formed.   
     
     
         9 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an end portion of the convex portion on an upstream side of the transport direction is narrowed as it goes to the upstream side of the transport direction. 
     
     
         10 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the guide has a plurality of the convex portions, and   wherein the plurality of the convex portions extend at an interval which is an integer multiple of a lens pitch of the lenticular lens.   
     
     
         11 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the guide is used for guiding the recording media with a plurality of sizes, and   the convex portion is formed at a position where the recording medium with the minimum size passes through.   
     
     
         12 . The recording apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, when the recording medium having the lenticular lens is to be recorded, the recording medium is transported to pass through a portion where the convex portion is formed, and   when a recording medium without a lenticular lens is to be recorded, the recording medium is transported to pass through a portion where the convex portion is not formed.   
     
     
         13 . A transport method comprising:
 allowing a convex portion formed along a transport direction to come in contact with a lenticular lens of a recording medium having the lenticular lens; and   transporting the recording medium in the transport direction while allowing the convex portion to come in contact with the lenticular lens.