Patent ID: 7434928

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a recording head ejecting droplets of a recording liquid to a recording medium; a medium transportation mechanism transporting said recording medium along a medium feed path, said medium feed path including a recording position where recording is made with said recording head, said medium feed path including a medium taking-up part at a downstream side of said recording position; and a guide part guiding transportation of said recording medium in said medium taking-up part, said guide part carrying plural spurs arranged in a direction of said medium feed path and further in a direction perpendicular to said medium feed path for holding said medium on which recording has been made at said recording position, said guide part being movable between a guide position in which said spurs are engaged with said recording medium and a release position in which said spurs are disengaged from said recording medium, wherein there are provided a plurality of protective members to said guide part such that said plural protective members are movable between a protective position protecting said plural spurs and a retracted position retracted from said spurs, each of said plural protective members accommodating therein a corresponding spur when in said protective position.