Patent ID: 8317187

Claim:
A recording apparatus that performs a recording process on a subject recording medium, the recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit that performs a recording process on the subject recording medium; a subject recording medium cassette body that accommodates the subject recording medium in a vertical posture or an inclined posture while being attached to the recording apparatus; a subject recording medium cassette opening that is provided in the subject recording medium cassette body and supplies the subject recording medium therefrom; a feeding roller that supplies the subject recording medium from the subject recording medium cassette opening to the recording unit; a movable portion that is provided in the subject recording medium cassette body and moves the subject recording medium accommodated in the subject recording medium cassette body in a direction in which the subject recording medium comes into contact with the feeding roller; and an insertion portion that is provided in the movable portion so that the feeding roller is able to be inserted therethrough and is set to be shorter than the length of the width direction intersecting the transportation direction of the subject recording medium.