Patent ID: 6459444
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B41J,G02B

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:a holding device for holding a photosensitive material stationary at a recording station; a line image projection device for projecting recording light onto the photosensitive material for recording at least one line at a time along a main scan direction while the photosensitive material is held stationary at the recording station; a scanning device for shifting projecting position of the recording light onto the photosensitive material in a sub-scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction at a constant speed, to record an image frame line by line on the stationary photosensitive material, wherein the scanning device further comprises: a mirror for directing the recording light from the image projection device toward the photosensitive material; and a mirror shift device for shifting the mirror along a light path of the recording light that is defined by the line image projection device and the projecting position of the recording light on the photosensitive material, the mirror shift device maintaining the mirror at a constant angle to the photosensitive material.