Patent ID: 6624875
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
An image recording device comprising:a supplying section or supplying recording media; an image recording section for exposing, on the basis of digital image data, the recording media supplied from the supplying section, so as to record images on the recording media; a developing section for developing the recording media on which the images have been recorded; a drying section for drying the recording media that have been developed; a sealing mechanism provided between the image recording section and one of the developing section and the drying section, for preventing one of heat and vapor from one of the developing section and the drying section from entering the image recording section; and a distributing section for distributing the recording media supplied from the supplying section into plural rows in a direction orthogonal to the recording media conveyance direction; wherein the distributing section is disposed between the supplying section and the image recording section or between the image recording section and the developing section; and wherein the image recording section is disposed above or below the developing section.