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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Etsuyasu Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Etsuyasu Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); G01D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image recording apparatus comprises a plurality of drums for holding a recording medium on their perimeter faces and for being able to rotate the recording medium, and printing unit, which are arranged as opposed to the perimeter faces of the drums, for being able to make printing on the recording medium. A tension generating unit for applying a tension to the recording medium is arranged in the upstream and the downstream of the drums on the conveyance path of the recording medium. A drum in the downmost stream side of the conveyance path is used as a driving drum, and the other drums are used as driven drums.