Patent ID: 8240842

Claim:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising: a platen configured to support a recording medium that is fed in a feeding direction; a recording head comprising a plurality of nozzles disposed so as to be opposed to the platen, and configured to record an image on the recording medium by ejecting ink droplets onto the recording medium fed on the platen while reciprocating in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the feeding direction; and a movable support member which comprises: a base configured to support the movable support member; a supporting portion provided on an upper surface of the base which is configured to support the recording medium at a top part thereof and which is configured to slide in a moving direction so as to follow the fed recording medium, the moving direction coinciding with the feeding direction; and an ink receiving portion which is provided on the upper surface of the base on a downstream side of the top part of the supporting portion along the feeding direction, which comprises an uppermost portion, and which is configured to receive ink droplets ejected from the plurality of nozzles when a non-margin recording operation is performed, wherein a distance between the uppermost portion of the ink receiving portion and the upper surface of the base is less than a distance between the top part of the supporting member and the upper surface of the base, wherein a recess is formed in the movable support member and an entirety of the recess is located on an upstream side of the ink receiving portion and on a downstream side of the supporting portion along the feeding direction.