Patent ID: 8770508

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a roll paper holder including a shaft portion which holds a roll paper such that the roll paper is capable of being fed; at least two rods which are arranged in parallel in a paper width direction; a slide portion which is attached to the rods in a slidable manner and on which the roll paper is capable of being temporarily placed, wherein a space is formed between the roll paper in a state of being temporarily placed on the slide portion and the rods; and a roll paper lifting device which includes a placement portion on which the roll paper is placed, and lifts the roll paper to a height position of the shaft portion of the roll paper holder while the roll paper in the temporarily placed state is placed on the placement portion so as to position a core port of a roll core of the roll paper and the shaft portion, wherein the roll paper lifting device includes: an elevating portion which has the placement portion and is capable of elevating in an up-down direction; an operation lever which is rotationally movable about a fulcrum, and a driving force transmission mechanism which converts rotational movement of the operation lever in an up-down direction to up-down movement of the elevating portion and transmits a driving force at a position of the operation lever, which is closer to the fulcrum.