Patent ID: 6778256
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G03D

Abstract:
An image recording device for exposing a photosensitive material, which is being conveyed, and recording an image on the photosensitive material, said image recording device comprising:a housing for housing the photosensitive material; a conveying path of the photosensitive material, which includes an intersection region, extends in a first direction towards the intersection region, and at the intersection region, further extends in a second direction, which intersects the first direction; a first conveying mechanism for pulling the photosensitive material out from the housing, conveying the photosensitive material in the first direction along the conveying path, and positioning at least one photosensitive material sheet at the intersection region; and a second conveying mechanism for conveying the at least one photosensitive material sheet, which is at the intersection region, from the intersection region in the second direction along the conveying path, wherein the first conveying mechanism positions an edge of one photosensitive material sheet at one of different positions over the intersection region according to at least one of a size of the one photosensitive material or a number of photosensitive material sheets, and a leading edge of the at least one photosensitive material sheet when conveyed in the first direction is substantially parallel to the second direction.