Patent ID: 8205956

Claim:
An image recording apparatus configured to record images on a front surface and a back surface of a recording sheet, the image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which ejects ink onto the recording sheet for recording; a sheet-supply roller which contacts the recording sheet and transfers the recording sheet for supplying the recording sheet to the recording head; a U-shaped sheet-supply path which is provided between the sheet supply roller and the recording head, which has a U-shape along a sheet transferring direction, and through which the recording sheet is transferred such that one of surfaces thereof opposite to the other of the surfaces contacted by the sheet-supply roller faces the recording head; a re-feed mechanism configured to feed the recording sheet on which the ink has been ejected to record an image on the front surface thereof, to the U-shaped sheet-supply path such that the sheet is turned upside down; and a controller configured to execute controls for operations of the image recording apparatus, wherein the controller includes a sheet-stopping control section configured to control the re-feed mechanism such that the recording sheet transferred by the re-feed mechanism is stopped for a particular length of time in the U-shaped sheet-supply path, after the recording sheet on which the ink had been ejected to record an image on the front surface thereof has been reversed to the U-shaped sheet-supply path and before an image is recorded on the back surface of the recording sheet, and wherein the sheet-stopping control section is configured to control the re-feed mechanism such that the recording sheet is stopped for the particular length of time in accordance with an amount of the ink ejected on the recording sheet by the recording head.