PURPOSE: To ensure accurate recording sheet transport and thereby enable high quality recording by transporting the recording sheet to a recording position with the rotation of a transport belt through an upstream and a downstream area.

CONSTITUTION: If recording of a single line is finished, a recording head 15 is raised and a carriage motor 18 is driven to rotate backward to return the recording head 15 to a home position. At the same time, a transport motor 8 is driven to rotate a drive belt 4 to transport a recording sheet 1 by a single line in an arrow(a) direction. In this case, the recording sheet 1 is given a transport power by a recording sheet 1 but the belt 4 travels at the same rotating speed at whichever position on the belt 4 as it is an endless belt. For this reason, the recording sheet 1 is transported at the same speed at both an upstream and a downstream area of a recording position. Thus the transport accuracy of the recording sheet 1 is increased without feed pitch irregularities and a flawless high-quality image is obtained.