Patent ID: 7144097

Claim:
An inkjet recording device comprising: conveying units for conveying a recording medium in a predetermined conveying direction; a plurality of recording head groups each structured by a plurality of unit heads which are provided along the conveying direction and whose ink discharging characteristics are different, the recording head groups corresponding respectively to a plurality of individual recording regions which are sectioned off in a recording medium transverse direction which is orthogonal to the conveying direction, the recording head groups at adjacent individual recording regions being disposed at respectively different positions along the conveying direction, and the recording head groups discharging ink drops from the unit heads onto the recording medium; and an ink receiving unit, disposed so as to face ink drop discharging surfaces of the unit heads, for at least receiving ink discharged from the unit heads, wherein the conveying unit is a plurality of conveying belts which are disposed at positions evading trajectories of the ink drops from the unit heads as seen in a direction of a line normal to the recording medium, and which are disposed so as to be divided in the conveying direction.