Patent ID: 8231290
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: a conveying unit for conveying a continuous medium, on which an image is recorded by an image recording unit, with a predetermined tension and speed; a cutting unit having a cutting side rotator and a receiving side rotator, which are arranged to face each other in order to be able to cut the continuous medium and rotate with a predetermined rotation speed; a leading unit having a pair of leading rotators that are arranged between the conveying unit and the cutting unit and nip and lead the continuous medium to the cutting unit; and a controlling unit for performing a control for temporarily suspending or decelerating the pair of leading rotators to temporarily reduce an amount of the continuous medium led to the cutting unit, for leading the continuous medium in a size of a short cut paper sheet shorter than a normal cut size, for thereafter reactivating or accelerating the pair of leading rotators at predetermined timing to increase the amount of the continuous medium led to the cutting unit, and for leading the continuous medium in a size of a long cut paper sheet longer than the normal cut size.