Abstract: A carrying device includes: a supply portion (16) for supplying a recording sheet (3) from a supply roll (11) wound with the recording sheet (3); a platen (18), which is opposed to a recording head (7) for performing recording on the recording sheet (3) supplied from the supply portion (16), for supporting the recording sheet (3); a take-up portion (20) in which the recording sheet (3) on which recording has been performed by the recording head (7) is taken up by a take-up roll (12); and a suction fan (52) for sucking the recording sheet (3) supported on the platen (18). The platen (18) is provided with, in a position corresponding to an area in which recording is performed by the recording head (7), a plurality of recessed portions (48), which are formed from an upstream side to a downstream side of the platen (18) in a carrying direction of the recording sheet (3) and are surrounded by projected walls (49), aligned in a width direction of the recording sheet (3).

Abstract: To suppress color moire in a color image recording apparatus, a method for recording a color image by forming recording dots of at least first through third colors on a recording medium in a plurality of lines of recording dots each extending in a main scan direction and a plurality of rows of recording dots each extending in a sub-scan direction, wherein each line is divided into a predetermined number of lines in a sub-scanning direction to form sub-lines, and dots are printed in a respective sub-line for every line.