To enlarge a width of a recording head in the sub-scanning direction in an ink jet recorder.
The ink jet recorder comprises a carriage 2 arranged in parallel to a main scanning direction movably in reciprocation, a recording head 1 mounted on the carriage 2 for ejecting ink downward from a plurality of nozzles, a transportation roller 13 for transporting a recording medium, on which the ink ejected from the recording head 1 adheres and an image is formed to the sub-scanning direction rectangular to the main scanning direction, a discharge roller 19 for discharging the recording medium to the outside of the device by rotating simultaneously with the roller 13, mounted in the transporting direction of the recording medium and upstream of the transportation roller 13. The whole width of the sub-scanning direction of the carriage 2 is put in a position between the transportation roller 13 and the discharging roller 19.
KITAMURA SHINICHI
OTSUBO KENSEI
MIYAZONO YUTAKA
