Patent ID: 8746834

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a conveying part configured and arranged to convey a medium along a conveying path; a first medium support part configured and arranged to support a region of the medium positioned in an image recording area on the conveying path and to heat the region; a second medium support part disposed in an upstream area from the image recording area with respect to a conveying direction of the medium, and configured and arranged to support an upstream region of the medium positioned in the upstream area and to heat the upstream region; and a temperature control part configured and arranged to control a temperature of the first medium support part and a temperature of the second medium support part so that the temperature of the second medium support part corresponding to the upstream region is lower than the temperature of the first medium support part corresponding to the region, wherein an upstream end in the conveying direction of the first medium support part is in contact with a downstream end in the conveying direction of the second medium support part.