Patent ID: 8585051

Claim:
An image recording device, comprising: a recording unit configured to record an image on a paper sheet conveyed in a conveying direction along a conveyance path; a paper output tray disposed downstream from the recording unit in the conveying direction and configured to receive the paper sheet; a paper feed tray configured to feed the paper sheet to the conveyance path; a stopper unit disposed between the recording unit and the paper output tray along the conveyance path and configured to hold the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet; a notifying unit configured to issue a notification requesting removal of the paper sheet held by the stopper unit; a control unit configured to control at least one of the notifying unit to issue the notification requesting the removal of the paper sheet and the stopper unit to release the paper sheet to allow the conveyance of the paper sheet, based on where, along the conveyance path during conveying, an instruction for recording an image on another paper sheet is originated, when the paper sheet is held by the stopper unit; and a particular detecting unit configured to detect a size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path, wherein the control unit is configured to control the stopper unit to hold the paper sheet to stop the conveyance of the paper sheet when the particular detecting unit detects that the size of the paper sheet conveyed along the conveyance path is greater than a size of the paper output tray.