Image recording device and image recording method

An image recording device comprising:

• a transportation portion that transports a continuous medium along a transportation path, the continuous medium being formed by means of jointing a plurality of media with at least one joint member;
• a recording unit that includes a recording head facing the transportation path, and carries out recording operation of recording an image on the continuous medium by ejecting a photocurable liquid from the recording unit onto the continuous medium in a state of being transported along the transportation path;
• a light radiation portion that is arranged at a downstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path and hardens the liquid which is ejected on the continuous medium;
• and
• a position detection portion that detects an arrival of each of the at least one joint member at a detection position which is located at an upstream side of the recording unit on the transportation path,
• wherein the position detection portion, the recording head and the light radiation portion are arranged along the transportation path such that a second distance, which is a distance from the detection position to the recording head along the transportation path, becomes longer than a first distance, which is a distance from the recording head to the light radiation portion along the transportation path.