Recording apparatus and method of reading recorded image in recording apparatus

A method of reading a recorded image in a recording apparatus including a recording path that is a medium transportation path through which a medium is transported and that passes a recorder performing recording by ejecting liquid onto the medium, a feeding path that is a medium transportation path coupled to the recording path and through which the medium is fed to the recording path, a discharge path that is a medium transportation path coupled to the recording path and through which the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder is discharged, a reading path that is a medium transportation path passing a reader reading an image, that is a medium transportation path provided independently of the recording path, the feeding path, and the discharge path, and to which the medium with a recorded image recorded thereon is fed, the recorded image being used to check a state of liquid ejection of the recorder, and a switching portion that switches a feeding direction of the medium after recording performed thereon by the recorder and that switches between a first state in which the feeding direction is set to a direction toward the reading path and a second state in which the feeding direction is set to a direction other than the direction toward the reading path, the method comprising:

• recording the recorded image by means of the recorder;
• transporting the medium such that the reader is positioned between the recorder and the recorded image with the recorded image being at a position farthest from a nip position of a transportation roller pair within the recording path and still within a range where the reader reads the recorded image;
• and
• reading the recorded image by means of the reader while transporting the medium such that the recorded image faces the recorder, wherein,
• the recording path is provided with the transportation roller pair rotating forward to transport the medium to a position facing the recorder at a time of recording performed by the recorder,
• the reading path is provided at a position to which the medium is fed when the transportation roller pair rotates backward,
• a pressing portion pressing the medium toward the reader is provided at a position facing the reader,
• the feeding path is the medium transportation path through which the medium fed from a medium accommodation portion positioned below the recording path passes and through which the medium fed from the medium accommodation portion is guided to the recording path after being inverted by an inversion roller,
• the inversion roller and the pressing portion are configured to be integrally detachable from an apparatus main body including the recorder,
• the recorded image of the medium fed to the reading path because of backward rotation of the transportation roller pair is at a position far from the transportation roller pair with respect to the reader and is read by the reader at a time of forward rotation of the transportation roller pair the recording path extends along an apparatus depth direction,
• an uppermost portion of the inversion roller is above the recording path,
• the feeding path has a shape downwardly inclined downstream from the uppermost portion of the inversion roller,
• the reading path includes a path portion that is positioned above the feeding path and that extends along a path portion of the feeding path having the shape downwardly inclined,
• the recorder is provided in a carriage that is movable in a width direction intersecting a medium transportation direction in the reading path,
• the reader is positioned between the carriage and the inversion roller in the apparatus depth direction, and
• a portion of the carriage and a portion of the inversion roller are positioned within a height range of the reader in an apparatus height direction.