Patent ID: 8109594
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color measuring unit, comprising: a colorimeter holder which holds a colorimeter; a carriage reciprocating means connected to the colorimeter holder and equipped with a colorimeter carriage which reciprocally moves the colorimeter holder in a column direction of a color measuring pattern; a pressing member which is in a pressing posture in which the pressing member presses a surface of a recording member on which the color measuring pattern is recorded when measuring color and is in a retreated posture in which the pressing member retreats from a position of the pressing posture when not measuring color so that the recording member can be transported; a hole, which allows light emitted from the colorimeter to reach the color measuring pattern, provided in the pressing member; and a rotating and shifting means which switches the pressing member between the pressing posture and the retreated posture thereof.