Patent ID: 6886464

Claim:
A printing system comprising: an imaging apparatus for generating a change in an imaging characteristic according to imaging data on an imaging medium by irradiation of an energy beam so as to execute imaging; and a printing apparatus for supplying ink to the imaging medium so as to execute printing on recording mediums, wherein means for positioning the imaging medium in said printing apparatus is substantially the same as means for positioning said imaging medium in said imaging apparatus by means of positioning holes or an abutment portion formed in a head portion of said imaging medium; said imaging apparatus further comprising: an attaching member for winding said imaging medium therearound; a motor for rotating said attaching member; scanning means for scanning an irradiation apparatus of said energy beam in substantially the same direction as the direction of the rotation axis of said attaching member; and positioning means for positioning said imaging medium such that a reference direction of an imaging area is inclined against the rotation axis of said attaching member substantially at an angle corresponding to a ratio of a scanning speed of said scanning means to a peripheral speed of the surface of the imaging medium wound around said attaching member when said imaging medium is attached to said attaching member.