Patent ID: 8182081
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a recording medium; a conveying device configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction, the conveying device comprising a recording-medium support surface that opposes the inkjet head and comprises a suction device configured to suck air through the holes, wherein air sucked through the holes in the supporting area causes a recording medium being conveyed to be attached to the recording-medium support surface, the suction device opposing a second side of the recording-medium support surface opposite to the first side; and a duct comprising a first opening opposing the first side of the recording-medium support surface including the holes provided on the non-supporting area through which the suction device sucks air, and a second opening disposed on a downstream side of the inkjet head, in the conveying direction.