Patent ID: 8405698
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a clamper which clamps an edge of a lenticular sheet having a plurality of lenticular lenses; a sheet transporter which moves said clamper in a sub-scanning direction to transport said lenticular sheet; a recorder which records lines extended along a main-scanning direction sequentially on a rear side of said lenticular sheet in synchronization with transportation of said lenticular sheet by heating a rear side of an ink film putted on the rear side of said lenticular sheet with use of a thermal head such that ink is sublimated from said ink film and adhered on the rear side of said lenticular sheet, said lines constituting a linear image; a rotation mechanism which rotates said clamper on a transportation surface of said lenticular sheet; and a rotation controller which optically detects an inclination of said lenticular lens in a longitudinal direction from said main-scanning direction or said sub-scanning direction while said lenticular lens is on said lenticular sheet clamped by said clamper, and controls said rotation mechanism based on the detection result such that the longitudinal direction of said lenticular lens becomes parallel to said main-scanning direction or said sub-scanning direction.