Patent ID: 8007100

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording onto a recording sheet by a recording head, comprising: a platen configured to guide the recording sheet to a position facing the recording head; a conveying roller configured to convey the recording sheet on an upstream side of the platen in a conveying direction of the recording sheet; a pinch roller configured to contact with the conveying roller; moving means for moving the platen to change a position of the platen; and a pinch roller holder rotatably holding the pinch roller, wherein the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying roller is nipped at a nip by the conveying roller and the pinch roller, and wherein the pinch roller and the conveying roller have a pressure contact position, the tangent thereof forming a non-zero angle with respect to the platen, and wherein the moving means is configured to move the pressure contact position of the pinch roller and the conveying roller such that the non-zero angle is increased or decreased.