Patent ID: 6869175

Claim:
A recording apparatus for performing a recording operation on the recording surface of a recording medium with recording means, comprising: a transporting roller for contacting the back surface of the recording medium in a transporting direction, the contacting and the transporting being effected upstream of the recording means, relative to the transporting direction, along the recording medium transporting path; a pinch roller which is disposed opposite to said transporting roller with the recording medium transporting path interposed therebetween, and pressed by an urging means so as to be urged towards the transporting roller, thereby being brought into contact with the recording surface of the recording medium; and pinch roller holding means for rotatably holding the pinch roller, said pinch roller holding means having a base and a pivot axis at said base, wherein a pressing position of said pinch roller for pressing the transporting roller is changed by changing the position of the pivot axis of said pinch roller holding means.