Patent ID: 6923535

Claim:
A printer comprising a recording unit including a print head that prints onto a recording sheet, a carriage that has the print head thereon, a guide mechanism that guides and supports the carriage in a main scanning direction, and a carriage moving mechanism that moves the carriage in the main scanning direction, the recording unit comprising: a frame that surrounds a scanning range of the carriage in which the print head performs printing onto a recording sheet, the guide mechanism and the carriage moving mechanism attached to the frame, the frame having at least an opening on a top thereof; and a cover body that is fixed to the frame so as to block a part of the opening of the frame and that has a window that enables a user to have access to a recording sheet within the frame, wherein the window of the cover body is elongated in the main scanning direction with an edge having curved ends and a length greater than a width of the recording sheet.