Patent ID: 6870561

Claim:
An image recording apparatus for exposing a photosensitive material to record an image on the photosensitive material, comprising a nipping and conveyance arrangement for aiding in conveying the photosensitive material along a conveyance path in the image recording apparatus, the nipping and conveyance arrangement comprising: two pairs of conveyance rollers mountable in the image recording apparatus, with one pair disposed upstream from an exposure position relative to conveyance direction of the photosensitive material along the conveyance path during exposure, and one other pair disposed downstream from the exposure position, in which the pairs of conveyance rollers nip and convey the photosensitive material during exposure, and; a detector detecting a leading edge of the photosensitive material, wherein at least the upstream pair of conveyance rollers nipping at least the leading edge of the photosensitive material when the photosensitive material passes through the upstream pair of conveyance rollers and the pairs of conveyance rollers releasing the photosensitive material, at least momentarily, after the leading edge has passed through the downstream pair of conveyance rollers based on an output of the detector.