Patent ID: 8500251

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which discharges inks of a plurality of colors onto a recording medium to perform recording and which is formed with a plurality of nozzle arrays for jetting the inks of the plurality of colors respectively, each of the nozzle arrays including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a first direction; a flexible wiring member which extends from the recording head in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and which includes a plurality of wiring groups each of which is associated with one of the plurality of nozzle arrays; a head holder which holds the recording head; and a driving circuit which is arranged directly on the flexible wiring member and which outputs a driving signal to discharge the ink from the nozzles; wherein a nozzle array of the nozzle arrays which jets an ink of a first color of the plurality of ink colors, is arranged in the recording head farther from the driving circuit than a nozzle array of the nozzle arrays which jets an ink of a second color of the plurality of ink colors, the first color being darker than the second color; wherein the second color is not black; wherein the driving circuit on the flexible wiring member is held in the head holder together with the recording head; and wherein the recording head moves in the second direction and the driving circuit is held in the head holder at an end portion in the second direction.