Patent ID: 6108070
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:a cutter for cutting a web of light-sensitive material into cut sheets of a specified length;recording means provided downstream of said cutter which transports the cut sheets of light-sensitive material for scanning and exposes them in a specified recording position by means of recording light modulated in accordance with digital image data;back printing means for recording a back print on a reverse surface of said light-sensitive material;a cutting buffer as a transport zone of the light-sensitive material which is provided downstream of said cutter in the direction of transport of said light-sensitive material for scanning;a pre-exposure buffer as a transport zone of the light-sensitive material which is provided upstream of said recording position in the direction of transport of said light-sensitive material for scanning; anda post-exposure buffer as a transport zone of the light-sensitive material which is provided downstream of said recording position in the direction of transport of said light-sensitive material for scanning,wherein each length of said cutting buffer, said pre-exposure buffer and said post-exposure buffer along the direction of transport is a sum of a length of a maximum size of said cut sheets of the light sensitive material taken in the direction of transport and a specified allowance, said maximum size capable of being exposed by said recording means.