Patent ID: 8177213

Claim:
An image recording device that records images on and discharges continuous paper from a paper exit, comprising: a device case with a cutter unit that cuts the continuous paper at different lengths after an image is recorded; and a tray unit that has a receiving unit for receiving discharged paper that is cut by the cutter unit and discharged in a discharge direction from the paper exit, wherein the tray unit has a downward incline along the discharge direction at a downward inclination angle, wherein the tray unit is connected to the device case so that the inclination angle at which the distal end part of the receiving unit slopes down can be changed, and is configured so that the length of the tray unit is adjustable when the length of the discharged paper that is cut by the cutter unit varies, and the inclination angle of the tray unit is changed by the operation of shortening the tray unit length, wherein shortening the tray unit length for receiving discharged paper of a first length changes the downward inclination toward a more horizontal angle than when the length of the tray unit is extended for receiving discharged paper of a second length longer than the first paper.