Patent ID: 7209155

Claim:
A printer device comprising: a recording head including a light source for irradiating a photosensitive material with light and a shutter disposed between the light source and the photosensitive material for controlling irradiation of the light with respect to the photosensitive material on the basis of image data representing an image; a moving section for relatively moving the recording head and the photosensitive material; a detection section for detecting a temperature of the shutter; and a control section for controlling at least one of an amount of light irradiated by the light source and a movement amount by the moving section on the basis of the detection result of the detection section; wherein the control section controls the amount of light irradiated by the light source when the detection result of the detection section is smaller than a predetermined range and controls the movement amount by the moving section when the detection result of the detection section is greater than the predetermined range.