Image recording device

Abstract

In an image recording device, pressing rollers are disposed closer to an exposure position than conveyance roller pairs disposed upstream and downstream from the exposure position. Thus, rising of a trailing edge of a photographic printing sheet which has passed through a conveyance roller pair disposed immediately upstream from the exposure position and of a leading edge thereof prior to reaching the conveyance roller pair disposed immediately upstream from the exposure position can be suppressed, and excellent image recording can be performed. For example, pressing by the pressing roller and nipping by the conveyance roller pair are released before the leading edge of the photographic printing paper respectively reaches the pressing roller and the conveyance roller pair disposed immediately downstream from the exposure position. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the leading edge of the photosensitive printing paper from abutting the pressing roller and the conveyance roller pair and vibration of the photographic printing paper at the exposure position due to impact of abutment, resulting in exposure unevenness.

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