Patent ID: 6628423
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:a rotary drum for attracting a recording medium to the surface thereof on which a plurality of through holes are formed, the rotary drum for attracting the recording medium via the plural holes by reducing pressure therein; a laser head for emitting a laser beam toward the recording medium on the rotary drum to record an image thereon; and a dummy sheet having an attracting area in which a plurality of through holes are formed, the area having a size substantially equal to the recording medium, the dummy sheet placed between the recording medium and the surface of the rotary drum such that the recording medium is placed on the attracting area and such that the plural through holes of the attracting area and the plural through holes of the rotary drum are superposed, wherein the recording medium comprises a toner sheet having a toner layer and an image receiving sheet having a smaller size than the toner sheet for receiving toner transferred by the laser beam.