Patent ID: 8960850
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a transportation portion that transports a continuous medium along a transportation path, the continuous medium being formed by means of jointing a plurality of media with at least one joint member; a recording unit that includes a recording head facing the transportation path, and carries out recording operation of recording an image on the continuous medium by ejecting a photocurable liquid from the recording unit onto the continuous medium in a state of being transported along the transportation path; a light radiation portion that is arranged at a downstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path and hardens the liquid which is ejected on the continuous medium; a position detection portion that detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at a detection position which is located at an upstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path; and a controller that performs control of the recording unit and the transportation portion on the basis of a result of a detection made by the position detection portion so as to bring the recording operation to a halt after a detection time point at which the position detection portion detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at the detection position, and bring a transportation of the continuous medium to a stop at a transportation stop time point after a transportation of the continuous medium during a period until at least hardening of a liquid already ejected on the continuous medium at a halt time point of the recording operation is completed, wherein the position detection portion, the recording head and the light radiation portion are arranged along the transportation path such that a second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, becomes longer than a first distance, which is a distance of a transportation of the continuous medium in the case where, because of an existence of a liquid already landed on an area of the continuous medium at the detection time point, the area being located at a position which is on the transportation path and faces the recording unit, the continuous medium is transported during a period until at least hardening of the liquid is completed by the light radiation portion.