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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mineo Nozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 / ; 400120 ;
Abstract
A thermal recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium has a thermal head having a first row of heat generating elements and a second row of heat generating elements which is arranged substantially parallel to the first row of heat generating elements of a predetermined interval. A scanner relatively scans the thermal head and the recording medium to perform recording and the recording medium is preheated by the row of heat generating elements which reaches an image recording position first.