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US 2002/0001027 A1Published application
Recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHideyuki Sugioka, Masami Amemiya, Hajime Yamamoto, Kenji Shinjo, Toshihiko Bekki, Fumitaka Goto
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying a recording medium, a recording rotary unit in which a recording device for recording an image on the recording medium and a recording medium holding device for supporting the recording medium with respect to the recording device are opposed to each other, and a rotating device for rotating the recording rotary unit.
Claims8
A recording apparatus comprising:
- conveying means for conveying a recording medium;
- recording rotary unit in which a recording means for recording an image on the recording medium and a recording medium holding means for supporting the recording medium with respect to the recording means are opposed to each other;
- and
- rotating means for rotating the recording rotary unit.
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A recording method for performing recording on a recording medium by a recording means, comprising the steps of:
- arranging a conveying means for conveying the recording medium;
- arranging a recording rotary unit in which the recording means and a recording medium holding means for supporting the recording medium with respect to the recording means are opposed to each other;
- arranging a rotating means for rotating the recording rotary unit;
- arranging a reversal conveying means for reversing the conveying direction of the recording medium;
- performing recording on a first surface of the recording medium by the recording means;
- rotating the recording rotary unit by approximately 180 degrees by the rotating means;
- reversing the conveying direction of the recording medium by the reversal conveying means;
- and
- performing recording on a second surface of the recording medium which is on the opposite side of the first surface thereof by the recording means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.