Patent ID: 7980688

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a first medium accommodator configured to accommodate a recording medium; a medium supporter having a flat horizontal surface on which the recording medium is to be supported; an inkjet head having a nozzle opening surface that is opposed to said flat horizontal surface of said medium supporter; a first medium feeder configured to horizontally feed the recording medium accommodated in said first medium accommodator, in a single medium loading direction, such that the recording medium is fed onto said flat horizontal surface of said medium supporter; a second medium feeder configured to horizontally feed the recording medium supported on said flat horizontal surface of said medium supporter, in a single medium unloading direction that is substantially perpendicular to the single medium loading direction in a plan view as seen in a direction perpendicular to said flat horizontal surface of said medium supporter; and a second medium accommodator configured to accommodate the recording medium that is fed in the medium unloading direction by said second medium feeder.