Image recording apparatus
US6733197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/70
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An image recording apparatus records an image by adhering ink droplets ejected from a recording head to a long recording material. A solvent in the ink droplets is removed by a heating and drying section, and a transparent sheet material is laminated onto an image recording surface of the recording material by a laminating section. Subsequently, the recording material is cut into pieces by a first cutter along boundaries of recorded images, which boundaries extend in a transverse direction of the recording material. A piece having images recorded thereon is transferred to a conveyance belt, conveyed, cut for each of the images by a second cutter, and accumulated in a print accumulating section via a conveyance belt. A piece having a single image recorded thereon is conveyed on another conveyance belt and accumulated in the print accumulating section. Thus, processing time per image can be reduced.
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