Recording apparatus

Claim 1

A recording apparatus comprising: (a) a keyboard comprising a multiplicity of character and symbol keys corresponding to various kinds of characters and symbols, and a plurality of functional keys; (b) a paper feeding device for supporting a recording paper and feeding same in the usual direction and also the opposite direction; (c) a carriage for supporting writing instruments movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the recording paper is fed; (d) A carriage drive means for driving the carriage; (e) a writing instrument drive means for driving each said writing instrument to bring same into and out of contact with the recording paper; (f) a character and symbol pattern memory for storing character symbol pattern data; and (g) a control unit operative for reading out, as said character and symbol key are actuated, the character and symbol pattern data corresponding to the actuated character and symbol keys and controlling the operation of the paper feeding device, carriage drive means and writing instrument drive means in accordance with the read-out character and symbol patten data; wherein the improvement comprises: (h) a recorded posture command key located in the keyboard for giving instructions to the recording control unit as to whether the characters and symbols are to be recorded on the recording paper in an upright position or in a lying position; (i) a writing instrument position memory for storing the position in which the writing instrument is located on the recording paper when the recorded posture is switched from the upright position to the lying position by actuating the recorded posture command key; and (j) a writing instrument restoring means operative, when the recorded posture is switched from the lying position back to the upright position by actuating the recorded posture command key, to restore the writing instrument to the position on the recording paper which is stored in the writing instrument position memory.