Patent ID: 7363857

Claim:
A cylindrical outer surface scanning apparatus for recording an image on an image recording material mounted thereon, comprising: a recording section having a cylindrical outer surface on which the image recording material is mounted, wherein the recording section at least includes: a first positioning member fixed on the cylindrical outer surface; a second positioning member fixed on the cylindrical outer surface and located at a first pitch from the first positioning member along a cylindrical axis direction of the recording section; and a third positioning member fixed on the cylindrical outer surface and located at a second pitch from the first positioning member along the cylindrical axis direction, so that the third positioning member is further away from the first positioning member than the second positioning member, the second pitch being greater than the first pitch; wherein the cylindrical outer surface scanning apparatus further comprises a first non-contacting portion forming section for forming a first non-contacting portion in the image recording material to prevent the second positioning member from coming in contact with the image recording material when the image recording material is mounted and positioned in place on the recording section by the first and third positioning members; and wherein the cylindrical outer surface scanning apparatus further comprises a punching section for punching the image recording material to specify where on the recording section the image recording material is to be mounted, wherein the punching section at least includes: the first non-contacting portion forming section; and a fitting portion forming section for forming a fitting portion in the image recording material, such that the first positioning member fits in the fitting portion, wherein, in a case where the image recording material is to be positioned in place on the recording section by using the first and second positioning members, the fitting portion forming section forms the fitting portion in the image recording material, so that the image recording material is positioned in place by fitting the first positioning member in the fitting portion and abutting the second positioning member with an end of the image recording material, and wherein, in a case where the image recording material is to be positioned in place on the recording section by using the first and third positioning members, the fitting portion forming section and the first non-contacting portion forming section form the fitting portion and the first non-contacting portion, respectively, in the image recording material, and the image recording material is positioned in place by fitting the first positioning member in the fitting portion and abutting the third positioning member with the end of the image recording material.