Patent ID: 8783855
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a recording part configured and arranged to record an image on a medium; a conveying part configured and arranged to convey the medium; a medium support part configured and arranged to support the medium on a support surface provided with openings of suction holes; a suction part configured and arranged to suction the medium supported on the medium support part via the suction holes, the suction part including first, second, third air-blowing parts being configured to suck the medium; and a control part configured to repeatedly perform an action of conveying the medium using the conveying part and an action of recording the image on the medium using the recording part, the second air-blowing part being configured to introduce thereinto air that flows through the suction holes and discharge the air in an introducing and discharging direction, the second and third air-blowing parts being aligned in the introducing and discharging direction, the control part being configured to stop either the first air-blowing part or a combination of the second and third air-blowing parts during an action preceding the conveying action, the control part being configured to switch between first and second modes of suction, the first mode being for a first suction force to be applied by the suction part on the medium, the second mode being for a second suction force that is lower than the first suction force to be applied by the suction part on the medium.