Image recording apparatus and bottle holder

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• an image recording unit that records an image by ejecting ink to a recording medium;
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• an ink supply unit that connects an ink bottle to the image recording unit, the ink supply unit including a bottle holder to hold removably the ink bottle containing ink, the ink bottle having an ink outlet to flow out the ink, and the bottle holder comprising an ink outlet connecting part to connect the ink outlet, a guide having a bottle guide surface that contacts the ink bottle when fitting the ink bottle to guide the ink bottle along a predetermined guide axis, and a resisting part that is provided on the bottle guide surface and contacts the ink bottle to serve as a resistor to resist the movement of the ink bottle when the ink bottle is removed along the guide axis, and an ink receiving part to receive the ink dripped from the ink outlet, the ink receiving part being located relatively to the resisting part so as to position below the ink outlet when the ink bottle contacts the resistor upon the removal.