Patent ID: 8529010

Claim:
A recording device comprising: a conveying part configured and arranged to convey a roll paper; a support part configured and arranged to support the roll paper; a suction part configured and arranged to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction; a recording part configured and arranged to eject liquid on the roll paper to record an image on the roll paper supported by the support part; a heating part configured and arranged to heat the support part to dry the liquid ejected onto the roll paper; a cleaning part configured and arranged to clean the recording part; and a controller configured to control the suction part to use a first suction force to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and to control the suction part to use a second suction force, which is weaker than the first suction force, to hold the roll paper to the support part by suction when the cleaning part performs a cleaning action for cleaning the recording part.