Patent ID: 8292419
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: a conveyance device which conveys a recording medium along a conveyance path; a drying air flow spraying device which sprays a drying air flow onto the recording medium while the recording medium is conveyed in the conveyance path by the conveyance device; a negative pressure suctioning pump; a fixed conveyance guide which is fixed to a position in the conveyance path opposite the conveyance device and the drying air flow spraying device, and contacts with a rear surface of the recording medium while the recording medium is conveyed in the conveyance path by the conveyance device, the fixed conveyance guide having a negative pressure suctioning region in which a plurality of apertures connected to the negative pressure suctioning pump are arranged; and an inkjet head which ejects ink to be deposited on the recording medium, wherein, while the recording medium is conveyed in the conveyance path by the conveyance device, a portion of the drying air flow sprayed by the drying air flow spraying device is suctioned by the negative pressure suctioning pump through the apertures in the negative pressure suctioning region of the fixed conveyance guide to cause the fixed conveyance guide to suction the recording medium and to cause the recording medium to slide on the fixed conveyance guide with the rear surface thereof being in contact with the fixed conveyance guide.