Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording unit that has a head which ejects ink on a recording surface of a recording medium to perform recording;
• a reversing transport path which reverses the recording medium which is transported from the recording unit;
• a discharge section that discharges the recording medium which is transported from the reversing transport path;
• and
• a discharge roller that is positioned in a central portion of the discharge section in the width direction of the recording medium which is transported, and
• a first deformation member that is in contact with the recording medium at an upstream side in the transport direction with respect to the discharge roller and at both outer side positions in the width direction with respect to the contact position of the discharge roller, and
• a second deformation member that is in contact with the recording medium at an upstream side in the transport direction of the recording medium with respect to a position of the first deformation member in contact with the recording medium and at both outer side positions in the width direction with respect to the contact position of the first deformation member, and
• wherein the first deformation member and the second deformation member bend the recording medium in such a manner that the recording surface is directed inside by displacing both side portions of the recording medium in the width direction of the recording medium, and
• wherein the recording medium abuts against the second deformation member in a first-stage bending of the recording medium at the upstream side in the transport direction, the recording medium then abuts against the first deformation member in a second-stage bending of the recording medium at the downstream side of the second deformation member in the transport direction, and
• wherein an amount of the second-stage bending is larger than an amount of the first-stage bending.