Patent ID: 6773180
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:an image recording unit capable of recording images on a plurality of record media neighboring each other, said record media each having a long shape; first conveyance means capable of conveying said plurality of record media independently of each other, said record media being disposed in parallel with each other; a cutting unit disposed downstream of said image recording unit, said cutting unit being capable of cutting said plurality of record media being conveyed by said first conveyance means; image allotment means for allotting images to each of said record media such that an order of images to be recorded on each of said record media gradually increases toward a tail end of each of said record media when a plurality of images to be recorded on said plurality of record media are in a predetermined sequence order; second conveyance means for conveying said record media cut by said cutting unit, in a direction crossing a conveyance direction by said first conveyance means; and conveyance control means for controlling said first conveyance means such that said order of images recorded on each of said record media being conveyed by said second conveyance means and having reached a predetermined position increases one by one in the order of said record media having reached said predetermined position.