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US 6,601,952 B2Granted
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 means for recording an image on the recording medium, said recording means being rotatable by rotating means;
- and
- recording medium holding means for holding the recording medium at a position opposed to said recording means, said recording medium holding means being rotatable with said recording means.
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A recording method for performing recording on a recording medium by recording means, comprising the steps of:
- arranging conveying means for conveying the recording medium;
- arranging recording means for recording an image on the recording medium, the recording means being rotatable by rotating means;
- arranging recording medium holding means for holding the recording medium at a position opposed to the recording means, the recording medium holding means being rotatable with the recording means;
- arranging 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 means by approximately 180 degrees by the rotating means;
- reversing the conveying direction of the recording medium by the reversal conveying means;
- and
- performing recording with the recording means on a second surface of the recording medium which is on the opposite side of the first surface thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.