Patent ID: 7255298

Claim:
A magazine for containing a rolled recording material, said magazine being removably set to a predetermined position of an image recording apparatus for recording an image on said recording material, said magazine comprising: a magazine main body for loading recording material; a lid openably attached to said magazine main body, said lid being opened and closed when said recording material is loaded in said magazine main body; a discrimination member being shiftable between a first position and a second position, said first position representing that a partially used recording material is contained, said second position representing that a fresh recording material is contained; a biasing member for biasing said discrimination member to shift to said second position; and a sustaining member for sustaining said discrimination member in said first position when said discrimination member is shifted to said first position, said sustaining member releasing the sustaining of said discrimination member to allow said discrimination member to shift from said first position to said second position when said lid is opened after removal from said predetermined position.