Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording portion that records on a medium;
• a casing provided with the recording portion in the casing;
• a scanner unit provided so as to pivot with respect to the casing and configured to open and close an upper portion of the casing by pivoting;
• a panel unit that is provided on the scanner unit, and that, when the scanner unit is in a closed state in which the scanner unit is closed with respect to the casing, is configured to pivot from a first orientation where a panel surface is along a side surface of the casing toward a direction in which the panel surface faces upward compared with the first orientation;
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• at least one restrictor that is configured to switch between a restricted state that restricts the scanner unit from pivoting in an opening direction from the closed state in which the scanner unit is closed with respect to the casing, and a free state that allows the scanner unit to pivot in the opening direction from the closed state, and that enters the restricted state when the panel unit is set to the first orientation and enters the free state when the panel unit in the first orientation pivots by a predetermined angle to be in a second orientation.