Patent ID: 8851632

Claim:
A recording apparatus which performs recording by a recording head mounted on a carriage which is capable of scanning with respect to a recording medium, the recording apparatus comprising: a flexible wiring substrate of which one end is connected to the recording head side and which transmits an electric signal between a controller performing control of the recording head and the recording head; and a holding member which holds a plurality of the flexible wiring substrates in a state of being laminated, wherein the holding member includes: a regulating section which regulates both end portions of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates in the width direction in a state of being laminated, a first film member that has flexibility and a long shape and that is disposed on one side of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates in the thickness direction in a state of being laminated, and a second film member which that has flexibility and a long shape and that is disposed on the other side in the thickness direction, wherein an interval is secured between the first film member and the second film member that is greater than a total thickness of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates, wherein a longitudinal length of the first film member in a longitudinal direction is the same as a longitudinal length of the second film member in the longitudinal direction.