To provide a recording medium take-up device capable of taking up a recording medium with the image recorded thereon while keeping in a high quality.

The recording medium take-up device 1 to take up the long stretching recording medium P with the image recorded thereon is equipped with a take-up roller 9 to take up the recording medium P and a roller driving motor 20 to drive the roller 9, wherein further a tension roller 14 contacting with the recording surface of the medium P and giving a constant tension to the medium P is installed upstream of the take-up roller 9 about the medium transporting direction X, and the surface of the tension roller 14 is formed from a material having stickiness.