Patent ID: 8308284

Claim:
A recording apparatus which transports a recording material onto a recording support unit, ejects ink from a recording head to perform recording on the recording material, comprising: a hot air generating unit which is provided at a holding member of the recording head on one side of the recording head; and an exhaust unit which is provided at the holding member on the other side of the recording head, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to form a first air stream in which hot air blown out from the hot air generating unit passes between the recording head and the recording support unit so as to reach the exhaust unit in a state where the exhaust unit is in operation, the hot air generating unit being at least partially pointed away from the recording material while generating the first air stream, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to form a second air stream in which hot air blown from the hot air generating unit is passed to the recording medium in a state where the exhaust unit is not in operation, the hot air generating unit being pointed at the recording material while generating the second air stream.