Patent ID: 9701134
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A medium supporting unit comprising: a supporting portion that includes a first surface supporting a medium, a second surface recessed more than the first surface, and a first side surface which is a side surface positioned between the first surface and the second surface and connecting the first surface to the second surface; and a pressing portion that includes a pressing surface pressing the medium supported by the first surface at a position facing the second surface, and a facing side surface which faces the first side surface, wherein in the supporting portion and the pressing portion, at the time of a holding state in which the medium is supported by the first surface and is pressed by the pressing surface, a part of the medium positioned between the first side surface while being separated from the first side surface and the facing side surface is capable of being held in a state of being separated from the second surface.