Patent ID: 7425064

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: a main casing; a medium accommodating unit that is disposed in a bottom section of the main casing and accommodates a recording medium; a conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium in a first direction; a recording unit that is disposed at a position higher than the medium accommodating unit and includes an inkjet head that reciprocally moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an ink accommodating unit disposed above the medium accommodating unit, such that at least a portion of the height dimension of the ink accommodating unit falls within the height dimension of the recording unit, the ink accommodating unit accommodating ink; an ink supply tube through which the ink accommodated in the ink accommodating unit is supplied to the print head; and a partitioning plate that is disposed substantially horizontally and covers the top of a medium conveying path along which the recording medium is conveyed by the conveying mechanism toward the bottom of the recording unit, wherein the partitioning plate has a support surface on which at least a portion of the ink supply tube is supported, wherein the conveying mechanism is disposed between the recording unit and the ink accommodating unit and conveys the recording medium from the medium accommodating unit toward the bottom of the inkjet head.