Patent ID: 7924302

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a holder member for holding an image recording medium mounted on a surface thereof; an image recording device for emitting light beams modulated by image signals toward said image recording medium; a primary scanning device for causing said light beams to scan said image recording medium in a primary scanning direction by moving said light beams relative to said holder member; a secondary scanning device for moving said image recording device in a direction perpendicular to said primary scanning direction; and a gas blowing device for blowing out a first gas in a direction intersecting and inclined to said primary scanning direction on a surface along the image recording medium to blow away a second gas generated from said image recording medium irradiated with said light beams; wherein said image recording device has a plurality of light sources arranged in a direction intersecting and inclined to said primary scanning direction; said light sources being arranged in such a positional relationship that each light source is located upstream, in said primary scanning direction, of a different light source located adjacent thereto and downstream thereof in said gas blowing direction.