a recording apparatus with a recording unit for recording an image on a recording medium in consonance with an image signal , a feeder for feeding the recording medium to the recording unit , first auxiliary feeding unit , which contact the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper , but which is separated from the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper in order to form a feeding route for the continuous sheet paper , second auxiliary feeding unit , which contacts the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper , but which maintains a contact position with the feeder which decreasing pressure against the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper , and third auxiliary feeding unit , which contacts the feeder when the recording medium is cut sheet paper , but which decreases pressure against the feeder when the recording medium is continuous sheet paper , and switching device for selecting the forward or the backward movement of the first and the second auxiliary feeding unit to the feeder , whereby the sliding center of the first auxiliary feeding unit with respect to the feeder .