Patent ID: 6204871
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for recording image information onto a planar recording medium, comprising:a rotatably driven clamping drum having a mantle;means for listening the recording medium on the mantle;a recording unit stationary relative to the direction of rotation of the clamping drum for recording image information on the fastened recording medium, said image information being fed thereto in the form of electrical signals;mounting means provided in an interior of the clamping drum for supporting a supply of recording medium wound up into a roll, the clamping drum having a slit in said mantle for permitting passage of the recording medium from the interior of the clamping drum onto the mantle; anda drive arrangement stationary relative to the direction of rotation of the clamping drum and engageable with the fastened recording medium in a defined rotational position of the clamping drum for advancing the recording medium on the mantle in the direction of rotation of the clamping drum; said drive arrangement being movable to the mantle by a mechanism such that the drive arrangement comes into engagement with the recording medium and being moveable from the mantle by the mechanism such that the drive mechanism is lifted off the recording medium.