Patent ID: 8567905

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an upstream conveying unit that includes a conveying roller and a pinch roller that is in contact with the conveying roller at a position that is displaced downstream of the conveying roller in a conveying direction of a sheet; a recording head disposed downstream of the upstream conveying unit, the recording head having a liquid discharge port surface on which discharge ports for discharging liquid therefrom are arranged; a carriage that supports the recording head and scans in a direction that intersects the conveying direction; a platen that supports the sheet at a position at which the platen faces the recording head; a downstream conveying unit that is disposed downstream of the carriage and that conveys the sheet; and a control unit that moves the carriage so that the liquid discharge port surface of the recording head is positioned outside a side edge of the sheet when a trailing end of the sheet passes a nip between the conveying roller and the pinch roller.