Patent ID: 8454151

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a recording unit having a first recording head and a second recording head each including ink nozzles configured to record an image on a sheet being conveyed along a direction; a sheet conveying unit including at least a roller pair including a first roller and a second roller which sandwich the sheet at a position between a recording position of the first recording head and a recording position of the second recording head, a reading unit configured to read the image recorded on the sheet by the recording head at a reading position; a supply unit configured to supply a gas to flow along the direction through a space where the ink nozzles are exposed; and an exhaust unit including an inlet which is placed in the vicinity of a position between the recording position of the second recording head and the reading position, at least a part of the gas flowed through the space being sucked from the inlet, wherein the first roller is located between the first recording head and the second recording head at least when recording, and at least a part of the gas supplied by the supply unit flows through a gap between the first recording head and the sheet and a gap between the second recording head and the sheet in the space.