Ink-jet recording apparatus

An image recording apparatus, comprising:

• a main body in which is formed a conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed;
• an image recorder disposed in the main body and having nozzles through which a liquid is ejected toward the conveyance path;
• a sheet supporter movable between an opposed position at which the sheet supporter is opposed to the image recorder so as to partly define the conveyance path and supports the sheet located at the conveyance path and a retracted position at which the sheet supporter is retracted from the opposed position so as not to partly define the conveyance path;
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• a distance-defining member movable between a first position and a second position, the distance-defining member located at the first position being configured to define a distance between an upper surface of the sheet and the lower surface of the image recorder, the first position being a position at which at least a part of the distance-defining member is located in a gap between the lower surface of the image recorder and the sheet supporter located at the opposed position, the second position being a position at which at least a part of the distance-defining member is not located in the gap;
• wherein the distance-defining member located at the first position is supported by the sheet supporter located at the opposed position, and the distance-defining member located at the first position is moved to the second position by moving the sheet supporter from the opposed position to the retracted position.