Patent ID: 6381001
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus, comprising:a conveying device which conveys a photosensitive material; an illuminator which irradiates light onto the photosensitive material conveyed by said conveying device; a reading device which receives light from the photosensitive material while the photosensitive material is being conveyed by said conveying device; a cooling device which cools at least one of a region of the photosensitive material, onto which the light is irradiated, and a reverse surface of the region; a controller which, when a condition for starting cooling is formed, operates said cooling device and which, when a condition for reducing cooling capacity is formed, reduces a cooling capacity of said cooling device; wherein the condition for starting cooling is the condition formed when the light is able to be read by said reading device, and the condition for reducing cooling capacity is the condition formed when the light is unable to be read by said reading device.