Patent ID: 8950847
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which discharges liquid onto a recording material, thereby performing recording; a waste liquid recovery device which recovers waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material, of liquid discharged from the recording head; a support member which has a central opening portion, an upstream side support surface that is upstream of the central opening portion and a downstream side support surface that is downstream stream of the central opening portion, the side support surfaces supporting a lower surface of the recording material in a transport direction of the recording material, wherein the waste liquid recovery device includes a movable sheet-like member that is different from the recording material which is provided on a side facing the recording head between the upstream side support surface and the downstream side support surface and receives the waste liquid which has not been attached to the recording material, wherein the sheet-like member can move in a direction that is perpendicular to the transport direction of the recording material, and wherein the waste liquid recovery device includes a holder section that includes a push-up member, the push-up member being able to raise up or lower a portion of the sheet-like member such that a distance between the sheet-like member and the recording head is configured to be variable.