To provide an image recorder capable of efficiently supplying image recording material.

In this image recorder to perform image recording on the image recording material, the image recording material of size in accordance with image data for performing the next image recording is prepared by the time the image recording material where an image is recorded on a supporting surface such as the inner surface of a drum is removed from the supporting surface. Thus, time from removing the preceding image recording material from the supporting surface till starting the image recording on the image recording material in next order is shortened. It is conceivable to provide a standby means proximate to the supporting surface and carry the next image recording material to the standby means.