Abstract: A recovery mechanism comprises a recovery unit for performing a recovery process for recovering from clogging or contamination by ink in the nozzle array constituted by a plurality of nozzles. A conveyance mechanism supports and conveys, downstream, a recording medium that is conveyed from the upstream area of a conveyance path and handed over. A power control unit makes a control unit control the shutoff of a power supply to the nozzle array drive unit that drives the nozzle array when an abnormality occurs in the supporting and conveying of the recording medium that is performed by the conveyance mechanism in the recording process using the ink jetted from a plurality of nozzles or when the recovery unit makes contact with the nozzle array during recovery of the nozzle array in the recovery process.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus executes a recording process for a recording medium is fed from a feeding unit, or the recording medium for which the recording process has been executed and which is re-fed at least via a path switching unit after the recording process. The image recording apparatus comprises at least a driving control unit for deciding a page gap between preceding and succeeding recording medium on a conveyance path according to at least either of the recording medium is fed from the feeding unit and the recording medium for which the recording process has been executed and which is re-fed via the path switching unit after the recording process, and for issuing a control instruction to the path switching unit.