Patent ID: 6429925
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B41J,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:a main scanning section having an optical system for issuing recording light beams either deflected or arranged one-dimensionally in a main scanning direction, said main scanning section performing main scanning with said issued recording light beams; an auxiliary scanning section by means of which a sheet of a light-sensitive material to be illuminated with said issued recording light beams from said main scanning section is transported in an auxiliary scanning direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to said main scanning direction; an upstream transport section that is located upstream of said auxiliary scanning section in a transport direction of said sheet of the light-sensitive material, that transports said light-sensitive material and which has a register unit by which a position of said sheet of the light-sensitive material in said main scanning direction before it is transported to said auxiliary scanning direction is controlled and brought into alignment with a prescribed position; said main scanning section, said auxiliary scanning section and said upstream transport section being combined together to form a unitary assembly; and a vibration damping unit supporting said unitary assembly with respect to other components of the image recording apparatus in such a way as to insulate vibrations from being transmitted to said unitary assembly, wherein said sheet of the light-sensitive material, as it is transported in said auxiliary scanning direction after its position in said main scanning direction was regulated by said upstream transport section, is illuminated with said recording light beams that perform main scanning in said main scanning direction, whereby said sheet of the light-sensitive material is scanned two-dimensionally with said recording light beams to record an image on said light-sensitive material.