Patent ID: 7255042

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium fixing member having a plurality of suction ports on a fixed surface to fix a recording medium; an adhering roller which is operable to contact with or operable to separate from the recording medium fixing member and which cleans the fixed surface; a flexible plate which is attached onto the fixed surface of the recording medium fixing member and whose contact surface with the recording medium is cleaned by the adhering roller, the flexible plate comprising a plurality of distributed holes; and a suction apparatus for recording medium fixing which sucks air from the suction ports of the recording medium fixing member and sucks and fixes the flexible plate and the recording medium onto the fixed surface, wherein the plurality of distributed holes in the flexible plate coincide to a degree with the plurality of suction ports on the fixed surface of the recording medium fixing member such that suction from the suction apparatus is transmitted through the flexible plate to the recording medium.