Patent ID: 8730293
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A laser light irradiating system which irradiates a laser light onto a thermally reversible recording medium which is pasted on an object to perform one of image erasing and image recording, comprising: a conveying unit which includes a conveying path for conveying the object in a predetermined conveying direction; a detecting unit that detects the object at a first position on the conveying path, and additionally detects a presence or an absence of the thermally reversible recording medium for a face on one side of the object at the first position on the conveying path; a laser light emitting unit positioned to emit the laser light towards the face on the one side of the object at least at a second position on the conveying path on a downstream side of the first position in the conveying direction; a failure reporting unit that reports a detected absence of the thermally reversible recording medium; and a control unit that controls the conveying unit, the failure reporting unit, and the laser light emitting unit, wherein the control unit conveys the object to the first position, determines the object and the absence of the thermally reversible recording medium are detected by the detecting unit, operates the laser light emitting unit to not emit the laser light with a power level greater than or equal to a predetermined power level towards the face on the one side of the object, and operates the failure reporting unit to report the absence of the thermally reversible recording medium for the face on the one side of the object.