Image recording apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorEtsuyasu Kondo
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus comprises a plurality of drums for holding a recording medium on their perimeter faces and for being able to rotate the recording medium, and printing unit, which are arranged as opposed to the perimeter faces of the drums, for being able to make printing on the recording medium. A tension generating unit for applying a tension to the recording medium is arranged in the upstream and the downstream of the drums on the conveyance path of the recording medium. A drum in the downmost stream side of the conveyance path is used as a driving drum, and the other drums are used as driven drums.
Claims7
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of drums for holding a recording medium on perimeter faces, and for being able to rotate;
- a printing unit, which are arranged as opposed to the perimeter faces of the plurality of drums, for making image recording on the recording medium;
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- a tension generating unit for applying a tension to the recording medium, wherein
- the tension generating unit is arranged on upstream and downstream sides of the plurality of drums on a conveyance path of the recording medium, a drum in a downmost stream on the conveyance path among the plurality of drums is used as a driving drum, and the other drums are used as driven drums.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.