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US 2003/0189629 A1Published application
Image recording apparatus
AssigneeNoritsu Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Tsuji, Togo Kinoshita
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Abstract
When images in the order of photographing are printed on papers being conveyed in parallel, the images are allotted to each paper such that the order of an image to be printed in a predetermined order from the leading end of the paper closer to a tray is one smaller than that of the other paper, and the order of images to be printed on each paper gradually increase by twos toward the tail end of each paper. The papers cut with a cutting unit after each image is printed are conveyed with a conveyor belt and piled on the tray in the order of photographing.
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An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image recording unit capable of recording images on a plurality of record media neighboring each other, said record media each having a long shape;
- first conveyance means capable of conveying said plurality of record media independently of each other, said record media being disposed in parallel with each other;
- a cutting unit disposed downstream of said image recording unit, said cutting unit being capable of cutting said plurality of record media being conveyed by said first conveyance means;
- image allotment means for allotting images to each of said record media such that an order of images to be recorded on each of said record media gradually increases toward a tail end of each of said record media when a plurality of images to be recorded on said plurality of record media are in a predetermined sequence order;
- second conveyance means for conveying said record media cut by said cutting unit, in a direction crossing a conveyance direction by said first conveyance means;
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- conveyance control means for controlling said first conveyance means such that said order of images recorded on each of said record media being conveyed by said second conveyance means and having reached a predetermined position increases one by one in the order of said record media having reached said predetermined position.
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An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image recording unit capable of recording images on a plurality of record media neighboring each other, said record media each having a long shape;
- first conveyance means capable of conveying said plurality of record media independently of each other, said record media being disposed in parallel with each other;
- a cutting unit disposed downstream of said image recording unit, said cutting unit being capable of cutting said plurality of record media being conveyed by said first conveyance means;
- image allotment means for allotting images to each of said record media such that an order of images to be recorded on each of said record media gradually decreases toward a tail end of each of said record media when a plurality of images to be recorded on said plurality of record media are in a predetermined sequence order;
- second conveyance means for conveying said record media cut by said cutting unit, in a direction crossing a conveyance direction by said first conveyance means;
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- conveyance control means for controlling said first conveyance means such that said order of images recorded on each of said record media being conveyed by said second conveyance means and having reached a predetermined position decreases one by one in the order of said record media having reached said predetermined position.
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An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image recording unit capable of recording images on a plurality of record media neighboring each other, said record media each having a long shape;
- conveyance means capable of conveying said plurality of record media independently of each other, said record media being disposed in parallel with each other;
- a cutting unit disposed downstream of said image recording unit, said cutting unit including a cutting edge extending over said plurality of record media;
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- conveyance control means for controlling said conveyance means such that rear ends of images recorded on the most front portion of at least two of said plurality of record media are aligned at a cutting position by said cutting unit and at this time, leading ends of the remaining record media are upstream of said cutting position when said image recording unit records a plurality of images in sequence and said plurality of images include a plurality of kinds of images different in length along lengths of said record media.
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An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image recording unit capable of recording images on a plurality of record media neighboring each other, said record media each having a long shape;
- conveyance means capable of conveying said plurality of record media in parallel with each other, said conveyance means further being capable of forming a suspended portion of each of said record media downstream of said image recording unit when said image recording unit records a plurality of images in a sequence and said plurality of images include a plurality of kinds of images different in length along lengths of said record media;
- a cutting unit disposed downstream of suspended portions of said record media, said cutting unit including a cutting edge extending over said plurality of record media being conveyed by said conveyance means;
- detection means for detecting a quantity of said suspended portion of each of said record media;
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- conveyance control means for controlling said conveyance means on the basis of detection results of said detection means such that each of said record media has a suspended portion, one of said record media is conveyed from its suspended portion toward said cutting unit, and the others of said record media are not conveyed from their suspended portions toward said cutting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.