Patent ID: 8038248

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a conveying path on which a recording medium is allowed to be conveyed in a conveying direction; a recording unit disposed in the conveying path and configured to perform an image recording operation to record an image on the recording medium by ejecting ink droplets, the recording medium having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end with respect to the conveying direction; a first roller pair disposed downstream of the recording unit with respect to the conveying direction and configured to send the recording medium downstream in the conveying direction while nipping the recording medium; a second roller pair disposed downstream of the first roller pair with respect to the conveying direction and configured to send the recording medium downstream in the conveying direction while nipping the recording medium; an inversion guide portion that connects a downstream portion of the conveying path positioned downstream of the recording unit to an upstream portion of the conveying path positioned upstream of the recording unit; a path changeover unit disposed at the downstream portion and configured to send the recording medium conveyed from the recording unit with the first end as a leading end to the inversion guide portion with the second end as a leading end; and a control unit configured to perform a stop operation to stop rotation of the first roller pair and the second roller pair thereby stopping a conveyance of the recording medium in a state where the first roller pair nips a vicinity of the second end of the recording medium and the second roller pair also nips the recording medium.