Patent attributes
An image forming device has a recording unit for recording a recording material in a sheet form in a major scanning direction based on an input image signal and a conveyance unit for conveying the recording material in a sub-scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the major scanning direction, wherein the image forming device is provided with a guide plate for guiding while the recording material comes into contact with the guide plate on an opposite surface of a recording side, the guide plate being provided at an image recording position in which the recording material is recorded by the recording unit, and a drive roller for conveying the recording material while pressing the recording material onto the guide plate, wherein the guide plate has a planar portion along a conveyance direction and an inclined portion bent toward a side of the recording unit, and the inclined portion is formed in only one end portion of the conveyance direction of the guide plate.
