2 further includes a timing belt 32 a carriage motor 34 a black ink cartridge 36 and a color ink cartridge 38 in this embodiment an infrared ray heater 12 is provided in the carriage 22 the recording medium 11 is transported by a transporting roller not shown or an ejecting roller 5 when the carriage motor 34 drives the timing belt 32 the carriage 22 is guided on the guide shaft 38 so that the carriage 22 reciprocally moves in the direction y the recording head 24 is mounted on a side of the carriage 22 opposite to the recording medium 11 the black ink cartridge 36 and the color ink cartridge 38 for supplying the ink to the recording head 24 are detachably mounted on the carriage 22 in this embodiment when the carriage 22 is slid in the direction y so as to perform printing the infrared ray heater 12 is also simultaneously slid in accordance with the slide movement of the carriage 22 therefore as the infrared heater 12 is activated a part of the recording medium 11 being subjected to the recording is heated and a drying process is accelerated as shown in fig2 a pair of the infrared ray heaters 12 a 12 b.