Patent ID: 7871140

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording unit that records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink; a container mounting portion to which an ink container is mounted, the ink container being configured to store ink and connectable to the image recording unit via a tube; a supply unit that is disposed at a front side of the image recording apparatus and that supplies a recording medium to the image recording unit; a discharging unit that is disposed at the front side of the image recording apparatus and that discharges the recording medium having the image recorded thereon to a discharge space which is open at a front side and surrounded at at least a top side, a rear side, a right side and a left side by the image recording apparatus; a conveying portion that conveys the recording medium from the supply unit to the discharge unit; an image reading unit that reads an image of a document placed in the image reading unit; a control unit having a circuit board that controls a driving of the image recording unit, wherein the control unit is in alignment with the image recording unit within a height of the located image recording unit; wherein the control unit is sandwiched between the image reading unit and the discharge space and is disposed not to overlap with the conveying portion in any of plan view, front view, and side views; and wherein the image recording unit reciprocates in a space between the image reading unit and the conveying portion.