Patent ID: 7854503

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus, operable to perform recording on a recording medium and to transport the recording medium in a first direction through a transporting area, comprising; a recording head, having a dot formation element array in which a plurality of dot formation elements each of which is operative to eject liquid therefrom are arrayed, and operative to eject liquid from the dot formation elements at a first timing when an edge of the recording medium, in the first direction, is placed in a first position of the transporting area; a liquid receiver, operative to receive the liquid that is ejected at the first timing and is discarded to the outside of the edge of the recording medium; and a movable member, configured to be moved between the first position and a second position which is different from the first position in the first direction, wherein the movable member is configured to be moved to the first position after the edge of the recording medium in the first direction has passed the first position.