Patent ID: 8628189

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; a recording head configured to eject ink onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying unit to perform recording; a platen configured to support the recording medium at a position facing the recording head; a heating unit configured to heat the recording medium on the downstream side of the platen in the conveying direction, wherein the recording medium onto which the ink has been applied by the recording head expands by being heated by the heating unit; and a plurality of protrusions that are disposed in a region where the heating unit supplies heat, wherein the plurality of protrusions are configured to contact a non-recording surface of the recording medium, and wherein the plurality of protrusions are arranged in a width direction of the recording medium, wherein on the downstream side of the platen, the plurality of protrusions are configured to give a corrugated shape in the width direction to the recording medium expanded by being heated by the heating unit.