Patent ID: 8162473

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium; first and second rollers which respectively have rotation shafts parallel to each other; an endless conveyor belt which is wound around the first and second rollers to be stretched between them, and conveys the recording medium from the first roller to the second roller while supporting the recording medium on an outer surface thereof; a first adsorber which gives adsorptivity for the recording medium toward the outer surface of the conveyor belt at least in a region thereof opposed to the recording head; a third roller which has a rotation shaft parallel to the rotation shafts of the first and second rollers, and is disposed at a position opposite to the first roller across the second roller; and an endless separation belt which is disposed at a position other than that opposed to any recording head including the recording head and is wound around the second and third rollers to be stretched between them, whose outer surface has adsorptivity lower than the adsorptivity given by the first adsorber, and which receives the recording medium from the conveyor belt and conveys the recording medium from the second roller to the third roller while supporting the recording medium on the surface thereof, wherein the recording head has a width that extends across the recording medium covering an entire width of the recording medium.