JP2002002000A - Image recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image recording device, which controls a position of a focus to stabilize recording condition to improve a quality of an image output and which can prevent illegal change of recording condition. SOLUTION: Sequentially a donor sheet 101 is laid on an image receiving sheet 100. The ink from the donor sheet 101 is transferred to the image receiving sheet 100 by irradiating a beam under the laid condition. Discharging the beam irradiated donor sheet 101 from a platen 3, an image is recorded by the image recording device 1, which is provided with a setup section 301, wherein without proper pass operation, focus position control information is not changed, also zoom control information is not changed, and rotation speed control information is not changed. Moreover, there is provided a program input device and programming is not done in a program memory means when proper pass operation is not done.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus suitable for producing a color proof by, for example, a fusion type thermal transfer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of structures have been proposed or implemented as image recording apparatuses for producing such a color proof. For example, image information of each color of YMC or YMCK is obtained according to a color original, and a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors are overlapped so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet face each other. At the same time, a method of irradiating a beam corresponding to the image information and melting the ink layer by the image information composed of dots of several micrometers formed on the donor sheet and transferring it to the image receiving sheet is performed. .

In this image recording apparatus, a user can freely change recording conditions such as beam irradiation time and focal position from a user interface such as a switch on a board or an operation unit or an operation panel capable of displaying characters or images. Can be set or changed.

[0004]

By the way, in the prior art, since the recording condition can be freely changed by the user himself, the recording condition can be corrected and changed to an appropriate value from the recording state of the output sample. However, there has been a problem that an operator who does not have a technology capable of correcting and changing to an erroneous operation or an appropriate value illegally updates the recording condition, and even an on-site operator or an administrator cannot recover.

Particularly, in an image recording apparatus for producing a color proof, each color (YMC or YMCK) of a donor sheet is used.
In each case, the recording conditions may be changed and set or fine-tuned, and the correction requires a certain amount of skill and is often difficult for the site manager to cope with. Conversely, it is more likely to cause problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an image recording apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized change of recording conditions.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention has the following constitution.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising: (a) supplying an image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one surface side of a support to a drum, and then providing the ink layer on one surface side of the support; A sheet supply unit for supplying a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors to the platen one by one; and (b) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side. After that, the drum that holds the donor sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit in an overlapping manner so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet face each other,
(C) a beam irradiator for irradiating the donor sheet on the drum with a beam, and (d) a sheet discharger for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiator from the drum, By sequentially superimposing the donor sheet on the image receiving sheet and irradiating the beam in the superimposed state, the ink from the donor sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet, and the beam-irradiated donor sheet is discharged from the platen. An image recording apparatus for recording an image, wherein the storage means stores focus position control information for controlling a focus position of the beam irradiation unit, and the focus position control information stored in the storage means And a setting unit that changes the focal position by a predetermined operation, wherein the beam irradiation unit controls the focal position based on focal position control information. There, the setting unit, if there is no proper path operation, an image recording apparatus characterized by not changing the focal position control information. ].

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the setting unit cannot change the focus position control information without an appropriate pass operation, the setting unit controls the focus position by an unskilled operator or the like. Can be prevented from being changed, and the recording condition can be prevented from being changed illegally.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising: (a) supplying an image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one side of a support to a drum, and then providing the ink layer on one side of the support; A sheet supply unit for supplying a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors to the platen one by one; and (b) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side. After that, the drum that holds the donor sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit in an overlapping manner so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet face each other,
(C) a beam irradiator for irradiating the donor sheet on the drum with a beam, and (d) a sheet discharger for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiator from the drum, In succession, the donor sheet is superimposed on the image receiving sheet, and while rotating the drum at a constant rotational speed, by irradiating the beam in the superimposed state, the ink from the donor sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet, An image recording apparatus that records an image by discharging a beam-irradiated donor sheet from the platen, wherein a storage unit stores rotation speed control information for controlling a rotation speed of the drum; and A setting unit for changing the rotation speed control information stored in the means by a predetermined operation. It is to control on the basis of the information,
The image recording apparatus, wherein the setting unit does not change the rotation speed control information unless an appropriate pass operation is performed. ].

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the setting unit does not change the rotation speed control information unless an appropriate pass operation is performed, the rotation speed control is changed by an unskilled operator or the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording condition from being illegally changed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising: (a) supplying an image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one surface side of a support to a drum, and then providing the ink layer on one surface side of the support; A sheet supply unit for supplying a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors to the platen one by one; and (b) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side. After that, the drum that holds the donor sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit in an overlapping manner so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet face each other,
(C) a beam irradiator for irradiating the donor sheet on the drum with a beam via a zoom lens; and (d) a sheet discharger for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiator from the drum. And successively superimposing a donor sheet on an image receiving sheet, and irradiating a beam in the superimposed state while rotating the drum at a constant rotational speed, thereby receiving the ink from the donor sheet in the image receiving mode. An image recording apparatus that records an image by transferring a donor sheet that has been transferred to a sheet and irradiated with a beam from the platen, and stores zoom control information for controlling a zoom position of the zoom lens. Means, a setting unit for changing the zoom control information stored in the storage means by a predetermined operation,
And controlling the zoom position of the zoom lens based on zoom control information, wherein the setting unit does not change the zoom control information unless an appropriate pass operation is performed. apparatus. ].

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the setting unit does not change the zoom control information unless an appropriate pass operation is performed, the zoom control is changed by an operator without skill. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording condition from being illegally changed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising: (a) supplying an image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one surface side of a support to a drum, and then providing the ink layer on one surface side of the support; A sheet supply unit for supplying a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors to the platen one by one; and (b) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side. After that, the drum that holds the donor sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit in an overlapping manner so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet face each other,
(C) a beam irradiator for irradiating the donor sheet on the drum with a beam via a zoom lens; and (d) a sheet discharger for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiator from the drum. , (E) program storage means for storing a program, and (f) program input means for inputting a program stored in the program storage means, according to the program stored in the program storage means. In succession, the donor sheet is superimposed on the image receiving sheet, and while the drum is rotated at a constant rotation speed, by irradiating the beam in the superimposed state, the ink from the donor sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet. An image recording apparatus for recording an image by discharging the beam-irradiated donor sheet from the platen. A is, the program input means, if there is no proper path operation, an image recording apparatus characterized by not the program in the program storage means. ].

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the program input means does not program the program storage means unless there is an appropriate pass operation, so that the program is changed by an unskilled operator or the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording condition from being illegally changed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image recording apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the path operation is a password input on a password screen. ].

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the pass operation is a password input on the password screen, and the recording condition cannot be changed without an appropriate pass operation.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method as described above, wherein the setting section stores in advance a permutation in which a plurality of operations are arranged in a predetermined order, and wherein the path operation is performed in the permutation arranged in the predetermined order. The image recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the image recording apparatus performs a plurality of operations according to (1). ].

According to the invention described in claim 6, the pass operation is a plurality of operations along a permutation arranged in a predetermined order, and the recording condition can be changed if there is no appropriate pass operation. Can not.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a user-set recording condition can be changed by operating the setting unit, and the pass operation is different from an operation for changing the user-set recording condition. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image recording apparatus is required. ].

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the pass operation is necessary separately from the operation for changing the user-set recording condition, and the pass operation cannot be easily performed.

An image recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the contents of the path operation can be changed. ].

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the contents of the pass operation can be changed, and the password can be changed if necessary.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the image recording apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the image recording apparatus.

The image recording apparatus 1 includes a sheet supply unit 2, a platen 3, a beam irradiation unit 4, a sheet discharge unit 5, a control unit 6, and an operation unit 7. A platen 3 is arranged at the center of the apparatus main body 1a, a sheet supply unit 2 is arranged on one side of the platen 3, and a beam irradiation unit 4 is arranged on the other side. A sheet discharge unit 5 is disposed above the apparatus main body 1a, and a control unit 6 is disposed inside a support 9 on which the platen 3 and the beam irradiation unit 4 are placed. Operation unit 7
Is provided on the upper portion of the apparatus main body 1a and has a touch panel type panel display surface 7a.

The sheet supply unit 2 includes an image receiving sheet supply unit 2.
0 and a donor sheet supply unit 21 are arranged. The image receiving sheet supply unit 20 is loaded with an image receiving sheet 100 provided with a roll-shaped ink image receiving layer on one surface side of a support, and a feed roller 22 is driven by a feed motor M1, and the feed roller 22 receives the image. The sheet 100 is fed in the direction of the platen 3. A cutter 24 is arranged in the image receiving sheet transport path 23 and cuts the roll-shaped image receiving sheet 100 into a predetermined length.

In the donor sheet supply section 21, a rotating rack 25 is provided rotatably about a support shaft 25a. The rotating rack 25 is loaded with a plurality of roll-shaped donor sheets 101. The roll-shaped donor sheet 101 is configured by providing an ink layer on one surface side of a support, and in this embodiment, the ink colors of the ink layers are different from each other, such as yellow Y, magenta M, cyan C, black K, and color correction. The correction SP1, SP2, etc. used for the above are used. The roll-shaped donor sheet 1 is placed on the rotating rack 25.
A delivery roller 26 is provided corresponding to the position 01, and the rotating rack 25 rotates to stop the donor sheet 101 at a predetermined feeding position.

At the feeding position, the feeding roller 27 is driven by the feeding motor M2, and the feeding roller 27 feeds the donor sheet 101 in the direction of the platen 3 at the feeding position. A cutter 29 is disposed in the donor sheet transport path 28, and the roll-shaped donor sheet 10
1 is cut to a predetermined length.

In the sheet supply section 2, after the image receiving sheet 100 having the ink image receiving layer provided on one surface side of the support is supplied to the platen 3, the ink layer provided on the one surface side of the support has a different ink color. The plurality of donor sheets 101 are fed to the platen 3 one by one.

The platen 3 is rotatably provided, and holds the image receiving sheet 100 supplied from the image receiving sheet supply unit 20 of the sheet supply unit 2 such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side. The donor sheets 101 supplied from the donor sheet supply unit 21 of the unit 2 are held one by one such that the surface having the ink layer and the surface having the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet 100 face each other.

The platen 3 is a drum 30 rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis.
By superimposing the donor sheet 101 on the image receiving sheet 100 and irradiating the beam from the beam irradiator 4 in the superimposed state, it is possible to obtain a highly accurate image output with a compact structure.

The beam irradiation section 4 is provided with a recording head 40, which is movable in parallel with the drum axis of the drum 30. The recording head 40 receives the digital image signal and receives the digital image signal.
1 is irradiated with a beam.

In the sheet discharging section 5, a donor sheet discharging section 50 and an image receiving sheet discharging section 51 are arranged. The discharge roller 52 is driven by the discharge motor M3, and the release member 53
Sheet 101 and image receiving sheet 1 peeled off by
00 is discharged by the discharge roller 52. The donor sheet 101 irradiated with the beam is discharged to the donor sheet discharge unit 50, and discharges the image receiving sheet 100 onto which the ink from the donor sheet 101 has been transferred to the image receiving sheet discharge unit 51.

As described above, the image recording apparatus 1 sequentially transfers the ink from the donor sheet 101 to the image receiving sheet 100 by superimposing the donor sheet 101 on the image receiving sheet 100 and irradiating the beam in the superimposed state. The image is recorded on the image receiving sheet 100 by discharging the beam-irradiated donor sheet 101 from the platen 3.

Next, the beam irradiation section 4 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the recording head, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a light emitting unit of the recording head.

The recording head 40 has a light emitting section 41. The light emitting section 41 is constituted by a laser diode, and the emitted beam is converted into a parallel light beam by a collimator lens 42 and reduced by a first reduction optical system 43 to obtain an intermediate image 44. The recording head 40 is provided with a zoom adjustment mechanism 47 and a focus adjustment mechanism 48, and the intermediate image 44 obtains a final image 46 via a zoom lens 45.

The zoom adjustment mechanism 47 includes a zoom motor M1.
0 activates the zoom adjustment member 47a, thereby moving the zoom lens 45 in the direction of the optical axis, and setting the focal length in any of the long and short directions within the range from the longest focal length to the shortest focal length of the zoom lens to be used. Zoom adjustment is performed with variable zooming.

The focus adjusting mechanism 48 is a focus adjusting member 48a constituted by a focus adjusting motor M11 and a feed screw or the like.
Is operated, whereby the lens unit 48b moves in the direction of the optical axis, and focus adjustment is performed, so that beam irradiation can be performed at the in-focus position.

Next, the image receiving sheet 100 and the donor sheet 101 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 4, for example, the image receiving sheet 100 has a back coat layer 100 on one side of a support 100a.
b, and the cushion layer 100c and the image receiving layer 100d are laminated on the other side.

The donor sheet 101 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a back coat layer 101b is laminated on one side of a support 101a, and a cushion layer 101c is formed on the other side.
It is formed by laminating the light-to-heat conversion layer 101d and the ink layer 101e. Dyes and pigments are added as colorants to the ink layer 101e. In particular, when used for color proofing, pigments and dyes having the same color as the ordinary colors required there, that is, yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, are required, but other metal powders, white pigments, fluorescent pigments, etc. Is also used.

As the support of the donor sheet, any material can be used as long as it has good dimensional stability and can withstand heat during image formation. Specifically, JP-A-63-193886, page 2, lower left column, 12 to 18 The films or sheets described in the rows can be used. When an image is formed by irradiating a laser beam from the donor sheet side, the support of the donor sheet is preferably transparent.

The preferred thickness of the donor sheet support is
50 to 200 μm is preferred.

Next, the image receiving sheet will be described. The image receiving sheet receives the ink layer peeled imagewise from the donor sheet to form an image. Usually, the image receiving sheet has a support and an image receiving layer, and may be formed of only the support. Since the ink layer melted by heat is transferred to the image receiving sheet, it is desirable that the image receiving sheet has appropriate heat resistance and excellent dimensional stability so that an image is appropriately formed.

The image receiving layer formed on the surface of the support comprises a binder, various additives which are added as required, and a matting material. In some cases, it is formed only with a binder. The thickness of the image receiving layer is usually 1 to 100 μm.

As the support of the image receiving sheet, those similar to those described for the donor sheet can be used, but the thickness is preferably 50 to 200 μm. In addition, an image receiving layer, an undercoat layer, a back coat layer, an antistatic layer, and the like can be provided as necessary.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the present invention can be configured to prevent unauthorized change of recording conditions.

In this embodiment, the storage means 300 for storing the focus position control information for controlling the focus position of the beam irradiation section 4 and the focus position control information stored in the storage means 300 are changed by a predetermined operation. The beam irradiation unit 4 is configured to control the focus position based on the focus position control information. The setting unit 301 cannot change the focus position control information without an appropriate pass operation, so that the focus position control is not changed by an unskilled operator or the like, and the recording condition is not changed. It is possible to prevent tampering.

The storage means 300 can store rotation speed control information for controlling the rotation speed of the drum 30. The setting unit 301 can change the rotation speed control information stored in the storage unit 300 by a predetermined operation. The rotation speed of the drum 30 can be controlled based on the rotation speed control information.
Without an appropriate pass operation, the rotation speed control information cannot be changed.

The storage means 300 can store zoom control information for controlling the zoom position of the zoom lens. The setting unit 301 can change the zoom control information stored in the storage unit 300 by a predetermined operation. The zoom position of the zoom lens can be controlled based on the zoom control information.
Cannot change the zoom control information without an appropriate pass operation.

The configuration in which the focus position control information cannot be changed, the rotation speed control information cannot be changed, and the zoom control information cannot be changed without the proper pass operation of the present invention is used alone. Alternatively, any combination of these may be used, thereby preventing unauthorized change of the recording condition.

As shown in FIG. 7, the present invention has a program storage means 400 for storing a program, and a program input means 401 for inputting a program stored in the program storage means 400. The donor sheet 101 is sequentially controlled by the control unit 6 according to the program stored in the program storage unit 400.
Is superimposed on the image receiving sheet 100, and the beam from the donor sheet 101 is transferred to the image receiving sheet 100 by irradiating a beam in a superimposed state while rotating the drum 30 at a constant rotation speed.

The program input means 401 cannot program the program storage means 400 without an appropriate pass operation. Therefore, the program is not changed by an unskilled operator or the like, and the recording condition is incorrect. It can be prevented from being changed.

The setting unit 402 stores in advance a permutation in which a plurality of operations are arranged in a predetermined order, and the path operation is a plurality of operations along the permutation arranged in a predetermined order. Without the operation, the recording condition cannot be changed.

The pass operation is a password input to the password screen of the operation unit 7, and the recording condition cannot be changed without an appropriate pass operation. FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of this embodiment.

The operation unit 7 is a display panel capable of displaying characters and images, but may be a display panel for displaying only characters. Buttons are arranged on the panel display surface in a touch panel type, and buttons are separately arranged on the operation unit.

On the touch panel display surface, FIG.
The user maintenance 401a is selected on the screen (a), the screen is switched to the screen of FIG. 8B, and the data setting button 401b is selected on this screen, the screen is switched to the screen of FIG. 8C, and the recording is performed on this screen. The user selects the condition setting button 401c.

The operation section 7 is provided with a protection screen requiring a password as shown in FIG. When the recording condition setting button 401c or the data setting button 401b is selected, for example, the protection screen shown in FIG.
(D) A protection screen requiring a password is provided.

Further, in addition to the case where the recording condition setting button 401c and the data setting button 401b are selected, FIG.
(E) Software download button 401 on screen
When "d" is selected, a protect screen requiring a password shown in FIG. 8D is provided. In this protect screen, a password can be input, and display of a lower hierarchical screen is prohibited for an illegal input.

By providing the password screen between the screen for instructing the change of the recording condition and the screen hierarchy for setting and changing each parameter of the recording condition, it is possible to prevent the recording parameter from being illegally changed.

Further, a management function capable of changing a password can be provided in the maintenance mode. It is a response to the need to change the password.It is not used for normal maintenance, but centralized management of maintenance is possible, and it can be restored to the initial value by the hidden button, and the original password is forgotten Used in cases. Although the number of digits of the password is not particularly limited,
Digits are appropriate.

According to the present invention, the user-set recording conditions can be changed by operating the setting unit 402. A pass operation is required separately from an operation for entering a user-set recording condition change operation. Cannot perform a pass operation.

FIG. 9 shows this embodiment. FIG. 9 shows an embodiment in which the password screen is distinguished from the password screen. FIG. 9A shows a user data setting menu screen. A password screen is displayed when a “bulb (rotation speed, laser power setting)” button or “lens (focus, zoom setting)” button on the screen is selected. In FIG. 9B, “Software download” on the second maintenance / service screen is displayed.
Display password screen when button is selected.

Further, the contents of the pass operation can be changed, and the password can be changed if necessary.
This embodiment is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, the screen is switched to the maintenance menu screen, the second maintenance / service screen, and the old password screen, and a hidden key is provided on the old password screen. When the old password and the hidden key are input, the screen is switched to the new password screen, the new password is input, and the password can be changed as necessary. The number of digits can be the same as or different from the password that enters the maintenance / inspection mode.

[0065]

As described above, claims 1 to 8 are as described above.
According to the invention described in (1), since the pass operation is required, it is possible to prevent the recording condition from being illegally changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an image recording apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recording head.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a light emitting unit of the recording head.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a layer configuration of an image receiving sheet.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a layer configuration of a donor sheet.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration for preventing unauthorized change of recording conditions.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in which printing conditions cannot be changed without an appropriate pass operation;

FIG. 8 is a view showing a protection screen on a touch panel display surface.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a protection screen on a touch panel type panel display surface.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a password change on a touch panel display surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image recording apparatus 2 Sheet supply part 3 Platen 4 Beam irradiation part 5 Sheet discharge part 100 Image receiving sheet 101 Donor sheet 301, 402 Setting part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kinoshita 591-7 Kamihirose, Sayama-shi, Saitama Konica Corporation (72) Keisuke Hirayama 4-chome Tenjin, Horikawa-dori Teranouchi climbing in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto No. 1 in Kitamachi Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takanori Ishidome 4-chome, Horikawa-dori Teranouchi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto F-term in Dai-Nippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Reference) 2C065 AA01 AB03 AC01 AC04 AD07 CA02 CA05 CA07 CA13 DC02 DC10 DC21 DC22 DC32 DC32

Claims (8)

[Claims] (A) After supplying an image receiving sheet provided with an ink image receiving layer on one surface side of a support to a drum, a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors provided with the ink layer on one surface side of the support. (B) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side, and then supplying the image receiving sheet from the sheet supply unit. The supplied donor sheet is
(C) beam irradiation for irradiating a beam to the donor sheet on the drum, the drum being superimposed and held so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface of the image receiving sheet having the image receiving layer face each other; And (d) a sheet discharging unit for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiating unit from the drum. The donor sheet is sequentially superimposed on the image receiving sheet. An image recording apparatus that records an image by irradiating a beam to transfer ink from the donor sheet onto the image receiving sheet and ejecting the donor sheet irradiated with the beam from the platen. Storage means for storing focus position control information for controlling the focus position of the irradiation unit; and the focus position control information stored in the storage means. And a setting unit that changes the focus position by a predetermined operation. The beam irradiation unit controls a focal position of the beam irradiation unit based on focal position control information. An image recording apparatus, wherein the focus position control information is not changed. (A) After supplying an image receiving sheet provided with an ink image receiving layer on one surface side of a support to a drum, a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors provided with an ink layer provided on one surface side of the support. (B) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side, and then supplying the image receiving sheet from the sheet supply unit. The supplied donor sheet is
(C) beam irradiation for irradiating a beam to the donor sheet on the drum, the drum being superimposed and held so that the surface having the ink layer and the surface of the image receiving sheet having the image receiving layer face each other; And (d) a sheet discharging section for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam from the beam irradiating section from the drum, and sequentially superimposing the donor sheet on the image receiving sheet, and keeping the drum fixed. By irradiating the beam in a superimposed state while rotating at a rotation speed, the ink from the donor sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet, and the donor sheet irradiated with the beam is discharged from the platen, thereby forming an image. An image recording apparatus that records rotation speed control information for controlling a rotation speed of the drum; And a setting unit that changes the rotation speed control information stored in the storage unit by a predetermined operation, wherein the setting unit controls the rotation speed of the drum based on the rotation speed control information. An image recording apparatus, wherein the rotation speed control information is not changed unless an appropriate pass operation is performed. (A) After supplying an image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one surface side of a support to a drum, a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors and having an ink layer provided on one surface side of the support are provided. (B) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side, and then supplying the image receiving sheet from the sheet supply unit. The supplied donor sheet is
The drum holding the ink layer and the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet so that the surface of the image receiving layer faces the surface of the image receiving layer; and (c) a beam is transmitted to the donor sheet on the drum via a zoom lens. And (d) a sheet discharging unit for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam by the beam irradiating unit from the drum, and sequentially superimposing the donor sheet on the image receiving sheet, By irradiating a beam in a superimposed state while rotating the drum at a constant rotation speed, ink from the donor sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet, and the donor sheet irradiated with the beam is discharged from the platen. An image recording apparatus for recording an image, wherein zoom control information for controlling a zoom position of the zoom lens is provided. Storage means for storing; and a setting unit for changing the zoom control information stored in the storage means by a predetermined operation, wherein the zoom position of the zoom lens is controlled based on zoom control information. The image recording apparatus, wherein the setting unit does not change the zoom control information unless an appropriate pass operation is performed. 4. An image receiving sheet having an ink image receiving layer provided on one side of a support is supplied to a drum, and a plurality of donor sheets having different ink colors are provided on the one side of the support. (B) holding the image receiving sheet supplied from the sheet supply unit such that the surface having the ink image receiving layer is on the front side, and then supplying the image receiving sheet from the sheet supply unit. The supplied donor sheet is
The drum holding the ink layer and the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet so that the surface of the image receiving layer faces the surface of the image receiving layer; and (c) a beam is transmitted to the donor sheet on the drum via a zoom lens. (D) a sheet discharge unit for discharging the donor sheet irradiated with the beam from the drum from the drum; (e) a program storage unit for storing a program; and (f) the program storage unit. A program input unit for inputting a program stored in a program storage unit, wherein, in accordance with the program stored in the program storage unit, a donor sheet is sequentially superimposed on an image receiving sheet, and the drum is fixed. By irradiating the beam in a superimposed state while rotating at a rotation speed of An image recording apparatus that records an image by transferring the donor sheet onto the image receiving sheet and discharging the beam-irradiated donor sheet from the platen, wherein the program input unit is configured to execute the program if there is no appropriate pass operation. An image recording apparatus characterized in that no program is stored in the storage means. 5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pass operation is a password input on a password screen. 6. The setting unit stores in advance a permutation in which a plurality of operations are arranged in a predetermined order, and the path operation is a plurality of operations along the permutation arranged in the predetermined order. The image recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: 7. A user-set recording condition can be changed by operating the setting unit, and the pass operation is required separately from an operation for entering a user-set recording condition change operation. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the contents of the path operation can be changed.
An image recording device according to the above item.