Patent ID: 8164807

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: an image recording unit which has a recording head for performing a recording process by jetting ink into a recording medium; a transport mechanism which mounts and transports the recording medium; an ascent/descent mechanism which comprises an ascent/descent drive unit used for moving, by means of winding or unwinding a cable, the transport mechanism between a recording position to which it is moved when the image recording unit performs the recording process and at least one retract position; a bumping unit which is constituted by a bumping member and a bumped member and which bumps the present bumping member to the bumped member, thereby balancing the transport mechanism; a balance detection unit which detects the balance of the transport mechanism; and an ascent/descent control unit which judges whether or not a bumping process for balancing the transport mechanism by means of the bumping unit is to be carried out on the basis of the detection result of the balance detection unit when the transport mechanism is moved from the retract position to the recording position.