Patent ID: 6889976

Claim:
An image recorder comprising: a transport element for transporting an image recording material; a side-to-side adjustment element including a pair of side-to-side adjustment members disposed substantially at the same first vertical position as a transport path along which said transport element transports said image recording material, said side-to-side adjustment element causing at least one of said pair of side-to-side adjustment members to move in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which said transport element transports said image recording material, thereby bringing said at least one side-to-side adjustment member into contact with a side surface of said image recording material; and an image recording element for recording an image on said image recording material subjected to the side-to-side adjustment by said side-to-side adjustment element, wherein said side-to-side adjustment element causes at least one of said pair of side-to-side adjustment members to move aside to a second vertical position such as to prevent interference with said first vertical position.