DRYING DEVICE AND INK-JET PRINTING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME

To provide a drying device which can heat and dry a printed object efficiently and easily carry out maintenance safely, and an ink-jet printing device provided with such a drying device.The present invention relates to a drying device H that is provided with: a heating roller part 10 that guides a printed object X and is capable of heating the rear surface of the printed object X; a hot air blowing part 11 for blowing hot air to the printed surface of the printed object X; a chamber 15 in which the heating roller part 10 and the hot air blowing part 11 are housed; a first plate frame 1 and a second plate frame 2 that are installed on two sides of the chamber 15; a supply-use air blower D1 for supplying air to the hot air blowing part 11; an exhaust-use air blower D2 for exhausting air inside the chamber 15; and a stage 5 on which the supply-use air blower D1 and the exhaust-use air blower D2 are mounted, wherein the chamber 15 and the stage part 5 are made slidable between a heating and drying position located between the first plate frame 1 and the second plate frame 2 and a stand-by position at which the chamber 15 exposes at least one portion of the heating roller part 10, and an ink-jet printing device I provided with the same.