Patent ID: 8882108

Claim:
An ink-jet printer comprising: a supply roller configured to supply a sheet; intermediate rollers configured to transport the sheet by nipping the sheet supplied by the supply roller; transporting rollers configured to transport the sheet, by nipping the sheet, transported by the intermediate rollers, the transporting rollers comprising a first roller to be driven by a motor and a second roller making a contact with the first roller; a recording head configured to jet ink droplets onto the sheet transported by the transporting rollers; and a bias applying member applying a bias to the first roller toward the second roller, wherein the bias applying member comprises a contact member making a contact with the first roller, and a biasing member applying a bias to the contacting member toward the second roller, wherein the contact member comprises a stand portion to make a contact with the first roller in a transported direction in which the sheet is transported by the transporting rollers, wherein the stand portion comprises an upstream side portion and a downstream side portion and which are to make a contact with the both sides of the first roller in the transported direction, and wherein length, in a height direction toward the second roller from the first roller, of the upstream side portion and the downstream side portion are different each other.