Patent ID: 8827398

Claim:
An image recording device, comprising: a support member configured and arranged to support a sheet-shaped print medium; a print head configured and arranged to move between a print position, at which printing of an image onto the print medium is executed, and a retracted position, at which a tension of the print medium is altered, the retracted position being farther away from the support member than the print position, while also facing the support member, with the print medium interposed therebetween; a tension adjustment unit configured and arranged to adjust the tension of the print medium being supported by the support member; and a control unit operatively coupled to the print head and the tension adjustment unit, the control unit being configured to control the print head to move to the retracted position and to control the tension adjustment unit to alter the tension of the print medium while the print head is positioned at the retracted position, and the control unit being further configured to control the print head to move to the print position and to execute printing by the print head while the print head is positioned at the print position with the tension of the print medium being adjusted to a print tension by the tension adjustment unit.