JP2005035166A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device which prevents image failures such as color shifts even after a recording sheet rear end passes the discharge direction lowest stream side of a rib shape part, and can transfer a recording sheet on a platen to the discharge direction upstream side well. <P>SOLUTION: Ribs 11b and 11c are arranged at the upstream side of a paper discharge roller pair of a paper discharge roller 7 and a spur 8, and a plane part 11d and a plane part 11e which are nearly parallel to a discharge opening face 1a of an inkjet recording head 1 and where the recording sheet P slides are formed. Thus a gap between the discharge opening face 1a and the recording sheet P is managed. Ribs 11f and 11g are arranged near the upstream side of an exciting spur, and positions of respective plane part 11h and plane part 11i are made lower than positions of the respective plane parts 11d and 11e of the ribs 11b and 11c. An inclined face 11j which becomes lower towards the discharge direction downstream side is formed at a discharge direction downstream side end of the rib 11f. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a printer provided with a platen having a concavo-convex surface at a position facing the recording means, and further, a recording apparatus provided with a control for conveying a recording material on the platen upstream in the discharge direction. About.

Conventionally, in an ink jet recording apparatus, a recording head having a plurality of nozzles that eject ink droplets, a platen that supports a recording sheet (recording medium) so as to face a nozzle forming portion of the recording head, and main scanning of the recording head And a means for conveying the print medium in a direction crossing the main scanning direction, and in order to perform stable recording up to the edge of the paper, a groove is formed between the upstream side and the downstream side of the platen top surface. The structure to provide is disclosed. The groove is opposed to the nozzle forming portion of the recording head and is formed on the platen in the main scanning direction. The upper surface of the platen upstream of the sheet discharge from the groove and the upper surface of the platen downstream of the groove in the sheet discharge direction are recorded. It is a sheet support part (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-103586 (FIG. 1, paragraph [0018])

However, in the above-described conventional recording apparatus, after printing one whole surface of the recording sheet without forming a margin at the end portion of the recording sheet, the other surface is printed. When transporting the sheet to the upstream side of the discharge direction,
1) When the recording sheet is carried out after the recording sheet trailing end has passed the downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet support portion (hereinafter referred to as a rib-shaped portion) upstream of the recording sheet discharge direction from the groove on the upper surface of the platen. There is a risk that the recording sheet will be bent because the rear end is in contact with the rib-shaped part, or
2) If the setting is made so that the rear end of the recording sheet passes before the downstream end in the discharge direction of the rib-shaped portion upstream of the recording sheet discharge direction from the groove on the upper surface of the platen, the print area at the rear end of the recording sheet is Become narrower,
There was a problem.

  In addition, if an inclined surface is provided on the most downstream side in the discharge direction of all rib-shaped portions upstream of the recording sheet discharge direction from the groove on the upper surface of the platen, when the trailing edge of the recording sheet passes through this, the bottom of the inclined surface is reached. The trailing edge of the recording sheet hangs down (see FIG. 10), and recording is performed on the recording sheet inclined with respect to the discharge port surface of the recording means. For this reason, the distance until the ink droplets ejected from the ink ejection nozzle group of the recording means arranged substantially parallel to the recording sheet conveyance direction land on the recording sheet varies between the upstream side and the downstream side in the ejection direction of the ink ejection nozzle group. As a result, there is a problem that a deviation occurs in the landing position of the ink droplet, and a printing defect such as a color deviation occurs.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is that the trailing end of the recording sheet is located on the most downstream side in the discharge direction of the rib-shaped portion upstream of the recording sheet discharge direction from the groove on the platen upper surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus that can satisfactorily carry the recording sheet on the platen upstream without causing image defects such as color misregistration even after passing.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first configuration according to the present invention includes: a conveying unit that conveys a recording sheet; a recording unit that records an image of droplets on the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying unit; and the recording unit A discharge means for discharging the recording sheet recorded by the means; a platen disposed to face the recording means; and the platen disposed substantially parallel to the direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the recording sheet, A recording apparatus comprising a plurality of ribs having guide surfaces substantially parallel to a droplet discharge port surface of a recording means, wherein the recording sheet can be conveyed upstream in the discharge direction. In the recording apparatus, an inclined surface is formed at an end of a part of the rib on the downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet.

  According to a second configuration of the present invention, a conveying unit that conveys a recording sheet, a recording unit that records an image of liquid droplets on the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying unit, and a recording recorded by the recording unit A discharge unit having a plurality of roller pairs for discharging a sheet, a platen disposed to face the recording unit, and a platen disposed substantially parallel to a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the recording sheet. A plurality of ribs having guide surfaces substantially parallel to the droplet discharge port surface of the recording means, and a biasing means for biasing the recording sheet to the platen side provided between the plurality of roller pairs. And a recording apparatus capable of conveying the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction, wherein a part of the plurality of ribs is provided at an end portion on the downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet. Recording apparatus having an inclined surface A.

  According to the above configuration, even if the recording sheet is conveyed to the upstream side in the discharge direction after the recording sheet trailing end has passed through the downstream end in the discharge direction of the rib on the platen, the rib has an inclined surface. Therefore, the end on the most upstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet is lifted up to the guide surface of the rib along the inclined surface along with the conveyance of the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction. Then, the conveyance of the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction proceeds. In addition, since the recording sheet can be conveyed to the upstream side in the discharge direction after the recording sheet rear end has passed through the most downstream side in the discharge direction of the rib on the platen, the print area at the rear end of the recording sheet can be reduced. It is possible to take large.

  Furthermore, since the inclined surface is provided on the most downstream side in the discharge direction of some ribs instead of all the ribs, the recording sheet is conveyed in the discharge direction and the trailing edge of the recording sheet reaches the most downstream side in the discharge direction of the ribs. However, the rear end of the recording sheet is supported by another rib not provided with an inclined surface, and does not hang down. For this reason, the recording portion of the recording sheet is supported substantially parallel to the ejection port surface of the recording head, and the distance from the ejection port of the recording means to the landing of the recording droplet on the recording sheet is the upstream side and the downstream side in the discharge direction. In this case, the landing position of the recording droplets is not shifted and printing can be performed satisfactorily.

  That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording apparatus that can convey a recording sheet recorded up to the rear end of the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction with an inexpensive configuration without impairing printing accuracy. Can do.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a recording unit that records an image of liquid droplets on a conveyed recording sheet, and a discharging unit that discharges the recording sheet recorded by the recording unit, and the recording sheet is disposed upstream in the discharging direction. A plurality of ribs having a plane portion substantially parallel to the droplet discharge port surface of the recording means on the platen disposed opposite to the recording means, and a recording sheet conveying direction. Printed with an inexpensive configuration by forming an inclined surface at the downstream end of the recording sheet in the discharge direction of some of the plurality of ribs, which are arranged substantially parallel to the intersecting direction. The recording sheet recorded up to the trailing edge of the recording sheet can be satisfactorily conveyed to the upstream side in the discharge direction without impairing accuracy.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the recording apparatus of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a main part of a recording unit of an ink jet recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from above, and FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the recording unit.

  In FIG. 1, the recording apparatus of the present embodiment includes a conveyance roller 3 that is a conveyance unit that conveys a recording sheet P such as paper and film, and a discharge roller 7 that is a discharge unit that discharges the recording sheet P to the outside of the recording apparatus. A platen 11 that supports the recording sheet P between the conveying roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 3, and an inkjet recording head 1 that is disposed opposite to the platen 11 and that is a recording unit that performs recording by discharging ink droplets. And a carriage 2 that detachably supports the ink jet recording head 1 and moves in a direction intersecting with the conveyance direction of the recording sheet P.

  The pinch roller 4 is pressed against the conveying roller 3 by the urging force of the pinch roller spring 6 via the pinch roller holder 5 and is rotated by the rotation of the conveying roller 3 to generate a conveying force for the recording sheet P. Since the pinch roller 4 is pressed by the conveying roller 3 at a position offset to the downstream side in the discharging direction, the leading edge of the recording sheet P is conveyed obliquely downward.

  A spur 8 is pressed against the paper discharge roller 7 by a biasing force of a spring shaft 9 attached to a spur holder (not shown), and is rotated by the rotation of the paper discharge roller 7 to generate a conveyance force for the recording sheet P. ing.

  Further, the urging spur 10 urges the recording sheet P by the urging force of the spring shaft 9 in a direction away from the ink jet recording head 1 from the press contact position of the paper discharge roller 7 and the spur 8.

  On the surface of the platen 11, at least two types of ribs having different heights (that is, a rib made up of a set of ribs 11b and 11c and a rib made up of a set of ribs 11f and ribs 11g) are recorded on the recording sheet. A plurality of lines are formed in parallel with the conveyance direction of P. Further, an absorber 12 for absorbing ink that has landed out of the end of the recording sheet P when printing on the end of the recording sheet P without a margin is provided in the groove 11a (FIG. 2). The groove portion 11a forms a space that divides each of the plurality of ribs into the upstream side and the downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet P, and the relatively high ribs are relative to the ribs 11b and 11c. The rib having a low height is divided into a rib 11f and a rib 11g.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the ribs 11 b and the ribs 11 c are arranged on the upstream side of the pair of paper discharge rollers that are paired by the paper discharge roller 7 and the spur 8, and the discharge port surface 1 a of the ink jet recording head 1. A flat portion 11d and a flat portion 11e are formed as guide surfaces on which the recording sheet P slides substantially parallel to manage the gap between the discharge port surface 1a of the ink jet recording head 1 and the recording sheet P. Further, the ribs 11f and the ribs 11g are arranged in the vicinity of the upstream side of the urging spur 10 (FIG. 1), and the positions of the flat portions 11h and the flat portions 11i are respectively the flat portions of the ribs 11b and the ribs 11c. The configuration is lower by 0.1 to 0.4 mm than the positions of 11d and 11e. Moreover, the inclined surface 11j which becomes low as it goes to the discharge direction downstream side is formed in the discharge direction downstream end part of the rib 11f.

  In the recording apparatus having the above-described configuration, the recording sheets P conveyed one by one by a sheet feeding roller (not shown) from a recording sheet stacking table (not shown) between the conveying roller 3 and the pinch roller 4 are not shown. Is rotated by a predetermined amount on the platen 11 to the recording start position.

  The inkjet recording head 1 reciprocally scans the recording sheet P via a timing belt (not shown) by a carrier motor (not shown), and ejects ink droplets to a predetermined position on the recording sheet P based on predetermined image information. Is recorded.

  Further, the ink jet recording head 1 generates fine liquid discharge ports (orifices), a liquid path, an energy action part provided in a part of the liquid path, and droplet formation energy that acts on the liquid in the energy action part. It has energy generation means.

  As energy generating means for generating such energy, a recording method using an electromechanical transducer such as a piezo element, energy generation that emits heat by irradiating an electromagnetic wave such as a laser, and ejects droplets by the action of this heat generation Or a recording method using energy generating means for heating a liquid by an electrothermal transducer such as a heating element having a heating resistor and discharging the liquid.

  Among them, a recording head used in an ink jet recording method in which liquid is discharged by thermal energy arranges liquid discharge ports (orifices) for forming recording droplets by discharging recording droplets at high density. Therefore, it is possible to record at a high resolution. Among them, recording heads that use electrothermal transducers as energy generation means can be easily downsized, and IC technology and micro-machining technology that have made remarkable progress in technology and improved reliability in the recent semiconductor field. This is advantageous because it can fully utilize the advantages of the above, it is easy to achieve high-density mounting, and the manufacturing cost is low.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 10, a state in which printing is performed on the recording sheet P, for example, when the recording sheet P is conveyed upstream in the discharge direction in order to perform double-sided printing will be described. .

  First, the back side of the leading end of the A4 width recording sheet P starts to contact the flat portion 11d of the rib 11b. At this time, since the pinch roller 4 is pressed by the conveyance roller 3 at a position offset to the downstream side in the discharge direction, the leading edge of the recording sheet P is conveyed obliquely downward, and the back side of the leading edge of the recording sheet P The part is surely in contact with the flat part 11d. Thereafter, the recording sheet P is further conveyed by the conveying roller 3 and the pinch roller 4, and the leading end of the recording sheet P reaches the position of the groove 11a, and the recording sheet P reaches a position where recording can be performed on the recording sheet P. Is conveyed (FIG. 2). At this time, even if the leading end of the recording sheet P is not supported because of the groove 11a, the sheet discharge of the flat portion 11e from the support portion of the recording sheet P on the most downstream side in the sheet discharge direction of the flat portion 11d. If the distance a to the support portion of the recording sheet P on the most upstream side in the direction is set within a range in which the end of the recording sheet P does not substantially hang down, the back side of the recording sheet P can be surely secured within the range of the flat portion 11d. Will be supported. For this reason, the recording sheet P in the opposite portion of the ejection port formation range (A range in FIG. 2) of the inkjet recording head 1 in which ejection ports (not shown) are formed is substantially the same as the ejection port surface 1 a of the inkjet recording head 1. Parallel.

  Accordingly, the distance until the ink ejected from the row-shaped ejection openings (not shown) of the ink jet recording head 1 lands on the recording sheet P is substantially equal on the upstream side and the downstream side in the sheet discharging direction, and the ink landing position is the same. Image defects such as color misalignment due to misalignment do not occur. Note that a plurality of ink discharge ports of the recording head are arranged in a direction crossing the main scanning direction of the recording head.

  When the recording sheet P is further conveyed from the above state, the leading end portion of the recording sheet P is in a state of passing through the pair of discharge rollers (discharge roller 7 and spur 8) (FIG. 3). At this time, the conveyance speed by the pair of paper discharge rollers is slightly increased from the conveyance speed by the conveyance roller 3 and the pinch roller 4, so that the recording sheet P is slightly stretched. Also in this case, the back side of the recording surface portion of the recording sheet P is in contact with the flat surface portion 11d and the flat surface portion 11e, and the ejection ports (not shown) are arranged in a direction intersecting the recording head scanning direction. The recording sheet P at the opposite portion of the ejection port formation range of the inkjet recording head 1 is substantially parallel to the ejection port surface 1 a of the inkjet recording head 1.

  Accordingly, also in this case, the distance until the ink ejected from the row-shaped ejection openings (not shown) of the inkjet recording head 1 lands on the recording sheet P is substantially equal on the upstream side and the downstream side in the recording sheet discharge direction. Image defects such as color misalignment due to misalignment of ink landing positions do not occur.

  When the recording sheet P is further conveyed from the above state, the rear end B of the recording sheet P reaches a position near the support portion of the recording sheet P on the most downstream side in the sheet discharging direction of the flat surface portion 11d (FIG. 4). ). At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, since the inclined surface 11m is not provided on the most downstream side in the discharge direction of all the ribs 11b, the back side of the recording surface portion of the recording sheet P also has the flat surface portion 11d and the flat surface. The recording sheet P in the opposite portion of the ejection port formation range of the inkjet recording head 1 in which the ejection ports (not shown) are arranged in a direction intersecting the recording head scanning direction is in contact with the portion 11e. It becomes substantially parallel to the ejection port surface 1 a of the recording head 1.

  Accordingly, the distance until the ink ejected from the row-shaped ejection openings (not shown) of the ink jet recording head 1 lands on the recording sheet P is substantially equal on the upstream side and the downstream side in the sheet discharging direction, and the ink landing position is the same. Image defects such as color misalignment due to misalignment do not occur.

  However, at this time, as shown in FIG. 10, if the inclined surface 11m is provided on the most downstream side in the discharge direction of all the ribs 11b, the rear end B of the recording sheet P hangs down to the absorber 12 side. Since recording is performed on the recording sheet P inclined with respect to the ejection port surface 1 a of the inkjet recording head 1, the ink ejected from the row-shaped ejection ports (not shown) of the inkjet recording head 1 is recorded on the recording sheet P. The distance until landing is changed between the upstream side and the downstream side in the sheet discharge direction, the ink landing position is shifted, and an image defect such as a color shift occurs.

  Next, when the recording sheet P is further conveyed from the state of FIG. 4, the rear end B of the recording sheet P is not supported because of the groove 11a (FIG. 5). At this time, if the recording sheet P is relatively rigid like glossy paper, the biasing spur 10 is lifted by the rigidity of the recording sheet P as shown in FIGS. The amount of deformation in the direction away from the inkjet recording head 1 at the end in the width direction of the recording sheet P by 10 is extremely small. On the other hand, when the recording sheet P is low in rigidity like plain paper, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the ink jet recording head 1 at the end in the width direction of the recording sheet P by the biasing spur 10 is used. The amount of deformation in the away direction increases, and the position (height) of the end portion in the width direction of the recording sheet P becomes lower than the flat portion 11h of the rib 11f in the vicinity thereof.

  In this state, for example, in order to perform double-sided printing, it is necessary to transport the recording sheet P to a known sheet reversing unit (not shown) provided on the upstream side of the transporting roller 3. From the state of FIG. 5, it is conveyed upstream in the discharge direction.

  At this time, as described above, the position of the end portion in the width direction of the recording sheet P is lower than the flat portion 11h of the rib 11f in the vicinity of the end portion in the width direction of the recording sheet P (FIG. 7). Is provided with an inclined surface 11j, the end on the most upstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet P reaches the flat portion 11h along with the conveyance of the recording sheet P upstream in the discharge direction along the inclined surface 11j. As a result, the recording sheet P is transported to the upstream side in the discharge direction without any problem.

  At this time, if the platen 11 is provided with the inclined surface 11k, the amount of deformation in the direction away from the inkjet recording head 1 at the end in the width direction of the recording sheet P becomes larger than the state shown in FIG. Even when the platen 11 hangs downward from the flat portion 11n of the platen 11 provided, the end on the most upstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet P is upstream in the discharge direction of the recording sheet P along the inclined surface 11k and the inclined surface 11j. As the sheet is conveyed to the side, it is lifted up to the flat surface portion 11h, and the conveyance of the recording sheet P to the upstream side in the discharge direction proceeds without any problem.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to transport the recording sheet recorded up to the trailing end of the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction without impairing the printing accuracy with an inexpensive configuration. Thus, it has become possible to provide a recording apparatus that can handle double-sided printing.

(Second Embodiment)
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the inclined surface 11j that decreases toward the downstream side in the discharge direction is formed on the downstream side in the discharge direction of all the ribs 11f has been described. However, recording of various paper sizes (A4, B5, etc.) Even if the inclined surface 11j is provided only on the rib 11f corresponding to the vicinity of the end portion in the width direction of the sheet P, the same effect as described above can be obtained. In particular, when the recording sheet is conveyed with the one side end portion in the recording sheet width direction as a reference plane, only the position of one width direction end portion of the recording sheet changes according to the size change of the recording sheet. Therefore, the inclined surface 11j is provided only on the rib 11f corresponding to the vicinity of the end position corresponding to such various recording sheet sizes.

  At this time, if the inclined surface 11k is provided on the platen 11 in the vicinity of the rib 11f provided with the inclined surface as in the above-described embodiment, it is even better as described above.

(Third embodiment)
In the above-described embodiments, the configuration in which the inclined surface 11j is provided only on the rib f has been described. However, when the rib 11b is present in the vicinity of the end in the width direction of the recording sheet P having various paper sizes, the corresponding portion is provided. Even if the rib 11b is provided with an inclined surface similar to the inclined surface 11j provided on the rib f, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  At this time, as described above, it is a matter of course that all the ribs 11b should not be provided with the inclined surfaces 11m (FIG. 10), and as described in the prior art, the range in which the recording on the recording sheet P is not deteriorated. If so, it goes without saying that the inclined surface 11m may also be provided on the ribs 11b other than the vicinity of the ends in the width direction of the recording sheets P of various sizes.

  Of course, if the inclined surface 11k is provided on the platen 11 in the vicinity of the rib 11b provided with the inclined surface 11m as in the embodiment described above, it is of course better as described above.

  The recording apparatus according to the above-described embodiment is a so-called serial type that records an ink image in units of rows by reciprocating a recording head in a direction crossing the recording sheet conveyance direction. The present invention can also be applied to a so-called line type recording apparatus having a recording head in which an ink discharge portion is formed over the width direction of the sheet.

1 is a perspective view of a main part of a recording unit of an ink jet recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from above the apparatus. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view when the recording sheet is conveyed to a position where recording on the recording sheet can be performed in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view when the leading edge of a recording sheet passes through a pair of paper discharge rollers in the first embodiment of the present invention. In the 1st Embodiment of this invention, it is typical sectional drawing when it conveys to the support part end position vicinity of the rib of the discharge direction upstream side from the groove | channel of a platen. FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view when the rear end of the recording sheet is conveyed up to the platen groove in the first embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the recording sheet is plain paper, it is a diagram showing a state in the vicinity of the end in the width direction of the plain paper due to the urging spur. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the recording sheet is plain paper, it is a diagram showing the relationship between the state in the vicinity of the edge in the width direction of the plain paper by the biasing spur and the rib on the platen. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state where the vicinity of an end in the width direction of a recording sheet is on a rib on a platen in the first embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the recording sheet is glossy paper, it is a diagram showing a state in the vicinity of the edge in the width direction of the plain paper due to the urging spur. It is a figure for comparing with the rib on the platen in this invention, and is typical sectional drawing at the time of providing an inclined surface in all the ribs which manage the discharge port surface of an inkjet recording head, and the recording sheet.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inkjet recording head 1a Discharge port surface 2 Carriage 3 Carrying roller 4 Pinch roller 5 Pinch roller holder 6 Pinch roller spring 7 Paper discharge roller 8 Spur 9 Spring shaft 10 Energizing spur 11 Platen 11a Groove parts 11b, 11c, 11f, 11g Rib 11d 11e, 11h, 11i, 11n Planar portions 11j, 11k, 11m Inclined surface 12 Absorber P Recording sheet

Claims (14)

Conveying means for conveying a recording sheet, recording means for recording an image of droplets on the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying means, discharging means for discharging the recording sheet recorded by the recording means, and the recording means A plurality of platens arranged opposite to each other, and a guide surface that is disposed substantially parallel to the platen in a direction that intersects the conveyance direction of the recording sheet and that is substantially parallel to the droplet discharge port surface of the recording means. A recording apparatus that is capable of transporting the recording sheet to the upstream side in the discharge direction, and an end portion of the plurality of ribs on the downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet A recording apparatus in which an inclined surface is formed. The plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs serving as a reference for the distance between the recording sheet on the guide surface and a droplet discharge port surface of the recording means, and a plurality of ribs having a height lower than the first rib. Including at least two different ribs of the second rib height,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface is formed on a part or all of the plurality of second ribs. The plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs serving as a reference for the distance between the recording sheet on the guide surface and a droplet discharge port surface of the recording means, and a plurality of ribs having a height lower than the first rib. Including at least two different ribs of the second rib height,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface is formed on a part or all of the plurality of second ribs and on a part of the plurality of first ribs. 4. The part of the plurality of first ribs or the part of the plurality of second ribs includes at least a rib near an end in the width direction of the recording sheet. 5. The recording device described in 1. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an inclined surface is also formed at an end portion of the platen in the vicinity of the inclined surface. A space is formed in the platen to divide each of the plurality of ribs into an upstream side and a downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet, and the inclined surface discharges the rib-shaped portion upstream of the space in the discharge direction. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is formed at an end portion on the most downstream side in the direction. A conveying unit that conveys the recording sheet; a recording unit that records an image of droplets on the recording sheet conveyed by the conveying unit; and a plurality of roller pairs that discharge the recording sheet recorded by the recording unit. A discharge means; a platen disposed opposite to the recording means; and a droplet discharge port surface of the recording means disposed substantially parallel to the platen in a direction intersecting the conveying direction of the recording sheet. A plurality of ribs having substantially parallel guide surfaces; and a biasing means provided between the plurality of roller pairs for biasing the recording sheet toward the platen side, the recording sheet being upstream in the discharge direction A recording apparatus that is also transportable to a side, wherein an inclined surface is formed at an end portion of a part of the plurality of ribs on a downstream side in a discharge direction of the recording sheet. The plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs serving as a reference for the distance between the recording sheet on the guide surface and a droplet discharge port surface of the recording means, and a plurality of ribs having a height lower than the first rib. Including at least two different ribs of the second rib height,
The recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the inclined surface is formed on a part or all of the plurality of second ribs. The plurality of ribs include a plurality of first ribs serving as a reference for the distance between the recording sheet on the guide surface and a droplet discharge port surface of the recording means, and a plurality of ribs having a height lower than the first rib. Including at least two different ribs of the second rib height,
The recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the inclined surface is formed on a part or all of the plurality of second ribs and a part of the plurality of first ribs. 10. The part of the plurality of first ribs or the part of the plurality of second ribs includes at least a rib near an end portion in the width direction of the recording sheet. The recording device described in 1. The recording apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the second rib is provided in the vicinity of the upstream side in the discharge direction of the biasing unit. The recording apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an inclined surface at an end of the platen near the inclined surface. A space is formed in the platen to divide each of the plurality of ribs into an upstream side and a downstream side in the discharge direction of the recording sheet, and the inclined surface discharges the rib-shaped portion upstream of the space in the discharge direction. The recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the recording apparatus is formed at an end portion on the most downstream side in the direction. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording unit is an inkjet recording unit.

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