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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Nobufumi Mori, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shun-ichi Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Washizu, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image-recording apparatus including a casing section that encases a light and heat sensitive recording material therein; an optical recording section that exposes to light a light and heat sensitive recording material fed from the casing section, and thereby records a latent image thereon; a thermal developing section that develops the latent image with heat; a moisture content-controlling section that controls moisture content of the light and heat sensitive recording material after exposure and before development; and an optical fixing section that fixes the developed image by irradiating it with light. The image-recording apparatus can be a completely dry system that is capable of forming good print images without producing waste materials such as image transfer sheets. By controlling moisture content of the recording material, problems such as mottling of images can be prevented.