Patent ID: 7918518

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a setting portion on which a recording medium is set, the recording medium having a particular size and a rectangular shape having a first dimension and a second dimension which is less than the first dimension; a feeder which feeds the recording medium from the setting portion in a feed direction; a recording head which ejects ink so that an image is recorded on the recording medium fed by the feeder; a gap changing device which changes a gap between the recording head and the recording medium; a judgment portion which judges a setting direction of the recording medium on the setting portion and determines whether the first dimension of the recording medium set on the setting portion extends in a direction parallel to the feed direction or in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction; and a changing control portion which controls the gap changing device to change the gap between the recording head and the recording medium, according to the judged setting direction of the recording medium.