An ink-jet recording apparatus including a carriage carrying a recording head for ejecting ink droplets, a support portion for supporting the carriage such that the carriage is reciprocally movable in a predetermined direction, a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a drive force from a drive power source to the carriage, and a vibration damping device disposed on the support portion, and wherein the vibration damping device has mutually different resonance frequency values at respective at least two different positions in the predetermined direction.