Patent ID: 8888272

Claim:
A recording apparatus for executing recording on a sheet with a recording head that discharges ink, the recording apparatus comprising: a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet in a first direction; a platen arranged opposite the recording head and configured to support the conveyed sheet; and a plurality of ink receiving portions, embedded on the platen, arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and each receiving ink discharged outside of the sheet when borderless printing is performed, wherein; and each of the ink receiving portions has a suction port and a supporting movable member having a rib capable of supporting the from behind, the movable member is being moved with respect to the suction port between a supporting position where the rib supports the sheet within the receiving portion and a retracted position where the rib is retracted, and having the first width and to a second position where the supporting portion does not support the sheet having the first width and supports the sheet having the second width wherein, in the borderless printing, at least a movable member, being one of the movable members each corresponding to one of the ink receiving portions, on which a side edge of the sheet is located is positioned at the retracted position, and at least one of the movable members each corresponding to one of the ink receiving portions which is wholly covered with the sheet is positioned at the supporting position.