Patent ID: 8240660
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to record an image on a recording medium; a conveying mechanism disposed so as to face the recording head and configured to convey the recording medium in a medium conveyance direction that is substantially horizontal; a maintenance unit disposed, in its standby state, alongside the recording head in the medium conveyance direction, without overlapping the recording head in a vertical direction, and configured to perform maintenance of the recording head; a retaining portion disposed above the recording head and above the maintenance unit, such that at least a part of the retaining portion overlaps at least a part of the recording head in the vertical direction and that at least another part of the retaining portion overlaps at least a part of the maintenance unit in the vertical direction, wherein the retaining portion is configured to hold and retain the recording medium on which the image has been recorded by the recording head, such that the recording medium is held and retained in a substantially horizontal posture, and the retaining portion is connected to the conveyor mechanism via a sheet guide; and a medium receiving portion which is disposed alongside the retaining portion and to which the recording medium on which the image has been recorded by the recording head is discharged.