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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Teruo Kashino, Sayama, JP;
Akira Taguchi, Sayama, JP;
Hirofumi Okabe, Sayama, JP;
Yasuaki Tamakoshi, Sayama, JP;
Masaya Shimoji, Sayama, JP;
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A thermally developing apparatus is provided with a heating device to heat a thermally developable material; a supplier for supplying the thermally developable material in a predetermined supplying direction to the heating device; the heating device having plural regions aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the supplying direction of the thermally developable material by the supplier; plural heaters each provided separately to one of the plural regions and to heat a corresponding one of the plural regions of the heating device; and a controller to control heat generation of the plural heaters, the controller controlling at least one of the plural heaters in accordance with a size of the thermally developable material which is a length substantially perpendicular to the supplying direction.