Patent ID: 8220797

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head configured to record an image on a recording medium; a conveying mechanism disposed so as to face the recording head and configured to convey the recording medium in a medium conveyance direction that is substantially horizontal; a retaining portion disposed configured to hold and retain the recording medium on which the image has been recorded by the recording head, such that the recording medium is held and retained in a substantially horizontal posture; and a medium receiving portion to which the recording medium on which the image has been recorded by the recording head is discharged, wherein the recording head, the retaining portion, and the medium receiving portion are arranged in a vertical direction perpendicular to an ejection face of the recording head, such that at least a portion of the recording head overlaps at least a portion of the retaining portion in the vertical direction, and wherein the retaining portion comprises a drier configured to dry the recording medium on which the image has been recorded by the recording head.