Patent ID: 8277043

Claim:
A handy printer which performs recording by discharging an ink to a recording paper and a recording medium, the handy printer comprising: a recording paper-accommodating mechanism which accommodates the recording paper; an ink discharge head having an ink discharge surface in which nozzles discharging the ink to the recording paper are formed; a recording paper transport mechanism which transports the recording paper; a cover member which is movable between a cover position at which the cover member covers the ink discharge surface and an exposure position at which the cover member does not cover the ink discharge surface; a handy-printer body which holds the cover member to be movable between the cover position and the exposure position; and a controller which controls the ink discharge head such that the ink discharge head performs the recording on the recording paper when the cover member is positioned at the cover position, and that the ink discharge head performs the recording on the recording medium which is located at the outside of the handy printer when the cover member is positioned at the exposure position, wherein the recording paper transport mechanism includes a plurality of recording paper-contact rollers; the cover member has a rotary support point provided on the handy-printer body; the cover member is configured to rotatably pivot about the rotary support point; the handy-printer body has a concealable surface which is concealed by the cover member when the cover member is positioned at the cover position, the ink discharge head and the recording paper-contact rollers being provided on the concealable surface; the recording paper-accommodating mechanism is provided so that the recording paper-accommodating mechanism is capable of holding a plurality of sheets of the recording paper in a stacked state, on a surface of the cover member facing the concealable surface when the cover member is positioned at the cover position; the recording paper-contact rollers protrude from the concealable surface beyond the ink discharge surface, and a part of the recording paper-contact rollers is brought into contact with the plurality of sheets of the recording paper in the stacked state held by the recording paper accommodating mechanism when the cover member is positioned at the cover position; a recess which accommodates the cover member positioned at the exposure position is formed in the handy-printer body on a side opposite to the concealable surface with respect to the rotary support point; and the recess has a depth of such an extent that the cover member positioned at the exposure position, the recording paper-accommodating mechanism, and the plurality of sheets of the recording paper are accommodated in the recess and do not protrude from the handy-printer body and do not to contact with a virtual plane including a surface of the recording medium which is brought into contact with the recording paper-contact rollers.