Image recording device and image recording method

An image recording device comprising:

• a support member configured and arranged to support a recording medium conveyed along a conveyance path;
• a recording head configured and arranged to eject a liquid on the recording medium while stopped above the support member to record an image;
• a conveyor unit configured and arranged to intermittently convey the recording medium toward the support member along the conveyance path, and to intermittently pass the recording medium through a processing position disposed on an upstream side of the supporting member with respect to the conveyance path by intermittently conveying the recording medium to the processing position along the conveyance path;
• a surface modifying apparatus configured and arranged to, during a passage time in which the recording medium passes through the processing position, execute surface modification processing on the recording medium passing through the processing position, and to emit heat along with execution of the surface modification process;
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• a movement mechanism configured and arranged to place the recording medium passing through the processing position near the surface modifying apparatus during the processing time, and to separate the recording medium and the surface modifying apparatus when the passage time ends.