Patent ID: 7101036

Claim:
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a first roller; a second roller; a looped conveyor belt wrapped around the first and second rollers to be stretched between the first and second rollers; a conveyance face formed on the conveyor belt to convey a record medium; an ink-jet head having an ink ejection face on which a plurality of nozzles each of which ejects ink are formed; and a roller supporter that supports the first roller so that the first roller can be swung between a conveyance position where the conveyance face is opposed to the ink ejection face in a state wherein the conveyance face is parallel to the ink ejection face, and a withdrawal position where the conveyance face is distant from the ink ejection face by a distance larger than a distance between the conveyance face and the ink ejection face when the first roller is at the conveyance position, with a swing radius shorter than a distance between axes of the first and second rollers when the first roller is at the conveyance position, wherein a distance between axes of the first and second rollers is changed with respect to each other when the first roller is swung between the conveyance position and the withdrawal position.