Patent ID: 8678579

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a recording part configured and arranged to record an image on a medium; a conveying part configured and arranged to convey the medium; a medium support part configured and arranged to support the medium on a support surface provided with openings of suction holes; a suction part configured and arranged to suction the medium supported on the medium support part via the suction holes, the suction part having a negative pressure chamber communicating with the suction holes and at least two air-blowing parts whereby air in an interior of the negative pressure chamber is discharged and a negative pressure is produced inside the negative pressure chamber, the air-blowing parts being attached at different positions on an outer surface of the negative pressure chamber; and a control part configured to switch between a first mode in which a suction force of the suction part on the medium is set to a first suction force and a second mode in which the suction force is set to a second suction force that is lower than the first suction force, the control part being configured to stop one of the air-blowing parts in the second mode, the conveying part performing repeatedly conveying the medium and stopping the conveying of the medium, the recording part recording the image on the medium while the conveying of the medium is stopped, the control part switching between the first mode and the second mode, such that the suction part suctions the medium with the first suction force while the conveying of the medium is stopped, and such that the suction part suctions the medium with the second suction force while the medium is conveyed.