Patent ID: 9162487
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
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; and 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, 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 from the recording head to the light radiation portion along the transportation path.