Patent ID: 8186797

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a printing device including a printer head to eject ink to a printing medium, the printer head being configured to eject ink while the printer head relatively moves with respect to the printing medium; a printing medium feeding device configured to feed the printing medium; a platen on which the printing medium is to be placed and having a main platen and a front platen, the main platen facing the printer head, the front platen being provided on a feeding-out side via which the printing medium is to be fed out from the main platen to hold the printing medium which have been fed out from the main platen; a printing medium temperature raising device provided to the front platen to heat the front platen so as to raise a temperature of the printing medium placed on the front platen; and a temperature raising preventing device provided between the front platen and the main platen, the temperature raising preventing device being configured to prevent a portion of the printing medium on the main platen from being heated by the printing medium temperature raising device.