In an image recording method comprising the steps of heating a sublimable dye to produce dye vapor, jetting the dye vapor from a nozzle toward a recording member, and attaching the dye vapor to the recording member to form a picture image thereon, the method of the present invention is adapted such that a gas stream is provided to pass across the stream of the dye vapor jetted from the nozzle and the dye vapor or fine particles of the sublimable dye formed by being cooled are taken away from the vicinity of the recording member by means of the gas stream.