摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image recorder that surely catches an unnecessary material sucked in a recording medium holding section for a long time and surely supports a recording medium on the recording medium holding section, and moreover to provide the image recorder capable of eliminating or reducing an unnecessary material discharged from the recorder. SOLUTION: This image recorder comprises a recording means for recording an image on a recording medium 200, a platen 50 having a plurality of sucking holes, a platen supporting section 52 provided to the platen 50 at the opposite side of the recording means, sucking means for controlling the attitude of the recording medium 200 by sucking an air in a space defined by the rear face of the platen 50 and the inner faces of the platen supporting section 52, and an ink catching member 70 of a catching means for catching an unnecessary material sucked in the space. The ink catching member 70 is provided in the space without closing the sucking holes of the platen 50. |