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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
May. 31, 1989
Kenji Sakakibara, Ichinomiya, JP;
Michitoshi Akao, Nagoya, JP;
Tokunori Katoh, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yukichi Sawaki, Gifu, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original on a recording medium including a photosensitive recording medium and an image forming sheet. The apparatus comprises a light source for irradiating the original, scanning device for moving the light source and the original relatively to each other during exposure, moving device for moving the photosensitive recording medium during exposure, transferring device for transferring an image on the photosensitive recording medium to the image forming sheet, thermal fixing device for fixing the transferred image on the image forming sheet, temperature detecting device for detecting temperature of the thermal fixing device, first control device for controlling the quantity of current to be supplied to the light source, and second control device for controlling speeds of the scanning device and the moving device. The quantity of current to be supplied to the light source is controlled in accordance with the quantity of current to be supplied to the thermal fixing device by the first control device, and the speeds of the scanning device and the moving device are controlled by the second control device in accordance with the quantity of light of the light source controlled by the first control device.