Patent ID: 7517079

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a first transport roller pair for transporting a sheet in a transport direction; a second transport roller pair disposed downstream of the first transport roller pair in the transport direction, the second transport roller pair transporting the sheet in cooperation with the first transport roller pair; and a recording head disposed between the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair, the recording head sequentially transferring a plurality of types of ink from an ink ribbon onto the sheet transported by one of the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair; wherein, when the second transport roller pair transports the sheet delivered from the first transport roller pair, rollers of the second transport roller pair are separated from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the sheet, and wherein, after the sheet enters the nip of the rollers, the second transport roller pair pinches the sheet, and wherein rollers of the first transport roller pair are separated from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the sheet when the second transport roller pair pinches the sheet.