Patent ID: 8182081

Claim:
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head configured to eject ink onto a recording medium; a conveying device configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction, the conveying device comprising a recording-medium support surface that opposes the inkjet head and comprises a supporting area configured to support the recording medium on a first side of the recording-medium support surface that opposes the ink jet head; a non-supporting area that does not support a recording medium when a recording medium is being conveyed to the recording-medium support surface, the non-supporting area disposed on a periphery of the supporting area on the first side of the recording-medium support surface in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; and a plurality of holes is provided on at least part of the supporting area and at least part of the non-supporting area; a suction device configured to suck air through the holes, wherein air sucked through the holes in the supporting area causes a recording medium being conveyed to be attached to the recording-medium support surface, the suction device opposing a second side of the recording-medium support surface opposite to the first side; and a duct comprising a first opening opposing the first side of the recording-medium support surface including the holes provided on the non-supporting area through which the suction device sucks air, and a second opening disposed on a downstream side of the inkjet head, in the conveying direction.