Patent ID: 8469478

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a medium-supporting part configured and arranged to support a recording medium on a medium-supporting surface having a plurality of suction holes; a recording processing part configured to perform recording process for recording on the recording medium supported on the medium-supporting part; a suction device connected to the medium-supporting part, and configured and arranged to apply a suction force to the recording medium via the suction holes; and a control part configured to control operations of the suction device to set the suction force to a first suction force before the recording medium is supplied to the medium-supporting part, to change the suction force to a second suction force greater than the first suction force after the recording medium is supplied to the medium-supporting part, and to commence to reduce the suction force from the second suction force to the first suction force at the predetermined timing before the recording processing part ends the recording process of recording on the recording medium which has stopped on the medium-supporting surface, so that the suction force is reduced to the first suction force before the recording medium is conveyed.