Patent ID: 7166191
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A curl straightening method for straightening curl of image receiving paper for sublimation dye transfer by allowing the image receiving paper to pass through gaps of a guide, the method comprising: providing the guide with a first guide unit and a second guide unit that form the gaps by two planes parallel to each other; and providing the second guide unit on an upstream side of the first guide unit in a feeding direction of the image receiving paper; disposing the first guide unit and the second guide unit so that the image receiving paper is fed into the second guide unit with the image receiving paper bent opposite to a direction of curling of the image receiving paper, and so that a change in the feeding direction of the image receiving paper from the second guide unit to the first guide unit may be opposite to a direction of curling of the image receiving paper; and allowing the image receiving paper to pass through the guide to straighten the curl of the image receiving paper.