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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hirofumi Saita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged over a length corresponding to a recordable width of a recording medium; a conveyance device which performs conveyance to cause the recording head and the recording medium to move relatively to each other one time only in a conveyance direction, a reference line being arranged on the conveyance device; an image output device which records a prescribed image on the recording medium through the recording head; a sensor which reads the reference line on the conveyance device, and reads the prescribed image on the recording medium recorded by the image output device; and a displacement evaluation device which evaluates a displacement between the reference line and the recording head in accordance with a result of reading the reference line by the sensor and a result of reading the prescribed image by the sensor.