A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head having a head surface on which liquid ejection nozzles configured to eject liquid droplets onto a medium are arranged, the recording head being configured to perform recording onto the medium; a transportation path along which the medium is transported via a head facing region which faces the recording head; and a maintenance unit for maintenance of the recording head, wherein the head facing region, which is a region of the transportation path which faces the recording head, is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction and to a vertical direction, and the recording head is provided to be rotatable, and when rotating, the recording head can be switched between a first position in which the head surface is inclined along an inclination of the head facing region, the first position being a position for performing recording, and a second position in which the head surface becomes substantially horizontal, the second position being a position for performing maintenance by the maintenance unit; wherein the recording apparatus further includes a rack, a pinion gear, a maintenance unit driving motor, an output tray and a paper sheet cassette; Z characterised in that J Z a portion of the transportation path downstream from the head facing region, which forms a curved path provided with the recording head disposed inside thereof, is configured as an output path such that the medium transported along the output path is output with a recording surface facing towards the surface of the output tray; wherein the output tray and the paper sheet cassette are at least partially overlapped with each other in a height direction of the recording apparatus; wherein the rack extends in the displacement direction of the maintenance unit and is disposed on the lower side of the maintenance unit, and wherein the maintenance unit driving motor is configured to rotate the pinion gear which meshes with the rack. a recording head having a head surface on which liquid ejection nozzles configured to eject liquid droplets onto a medium are arranged, the recording head being configured to perform recording onto the medium; a transportation path along which the medium is transported via a head facing region which faces the recording head; and a maintenance unit for maintenance of the recording head, wherein the head facing region, which is a region of the transportation path which faces the recording head, is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction and to a vertical direction, and the recording head is provided to be rotatable, and when rotating, the recording head can be switched between a first position in which the head surface is inclined along an inclination of the head facing region, the first position being a position for performing recording, and a second position in which the head surface becomes substantially horizontal, the second position being a position for performing maintenance by the maintenance unit; wherein the recording apparatus further includes a rack, a pinion gear, a maintenance unit driving motor, an output tray and a paper sheet cassette; Z characterised in that J Z a portion of the transportation path downstream from the head facing region, which forms a curved path provided with the recording head disposed inside thereof, is configured as an output path such that the medium transported along the output path is output with a recording surface facing towards the surface of the output tray; wherein the output tray and the paper sheet cassette are at least partially overlapped with each other in a height direction of the recording apparatus; wherein the rack extends in the displacement direction of the maintenance unit and is disposed on the lower side of the maintenance unit, and wherein the maintenance unit driving motor is configured to rotate the pinion gear which meshes with the rack.