JPH01312533A - Image recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add a date, a character and a simple graphic, etc., to an image by providing another light emitting element near a position for imagewise exposure. CONSTITUTION:A photosensitive material supply part 13, an image reading part 15, an exposure part 16 for forming a latent image, a heating development part 17, a superposition part 19 where image receiving paper C is superposed on the photosensitive material A, a pressurizing and transferring part 21, a part 23 and a post-heating part 25 are respectively provided in a housing 12. Besides a light source 18 which irradiates an original S with light for imagewise exposure, the light emitting means 26 for directly projecting the date, the character and the simple graphic to the recording material A is provided to record them on a specified position on an image screen. Thus, the date, the character and the simple graphic, etc., can be easily recorded on the accurate position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus that performs imagewise exposure on a recording material to obtain an image.

[Prior art and its issues]

As a color photosensitive material for obtaining a copy image by exposing an original, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-17 filed by the present applicant is used.
There is a type disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 9836 in which a polymerizable compound is cured into an image by exposure and then pressure is applied to obtain a visible image.

This material has a synthetic polymer resin wall capsule containing a vinyl compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant precursor supported on a support.

In addition, after containing silver halide and exposing it to light, heat development is performed to develop the silver halide, the polymerizable compound is simultaneously cured in correspondence with this development, and then pressure is applied to obtain a visible image. An example of this type is the material disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-275742 filed by the present applicant. The material disclosed in JP-A No. 61-275742 is a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive thermal developable material that is thermally developed and then transferred to an image-receiving material having an image-receiving layer to form an image on the image-receiving material. A material, wherein at least a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a polymerizable compound, and a color image-forming substance are coated on a support, and at least the polymerizable compound and the color image-forming substance are contained in the same microcapsule. It is enclosed.

A device for recording images using this photosensitive pressure-sensitive heat-developable material [
K is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-278849.

This image recording device first performs imagewise exposure to form a latent image, and then polymerizes the polymerizable compound in the area where the latent image exists by heating or by light energy when taking the latent image to generate a polymer compound. to harden the microcapsules. Next, an image-receiving material having an image-receiving layer to which the color image-forming substance can be transferred is overlapped with the image-receiving material, and pressure is applied to rupture at least a portion of the microcapsules in areas where no latent image exists, thereby transferring the color image-forming substance to the image-receiving material. There is one for obtaining an image on an image receiving material.

In the above-mentioned image recording device, if you want to insert a date, text, or simple figure in the recording screen, you can cut and paste it onto the original or record it over the original, but if you do this, the position may shift. occurs and it takes time and effort.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a paper towel image recording device that records dates, characters, simple figures, etc. easily and in accurate positions.

[Failure to solve the problem]

The apparatus of the present invention is an image recording device f! that performs imagewise exposure on a recording material. In I, a light emitting means for image information, an image information setting means for setting the image information, and a light emission control means for exposing the set image information to a predetermined position on the image surface of the recording material by the light emitting means. The structure has the following features.

In other words, in addition to the light source that irradiates light onto the original for imagewise exposure, the light emitting means that irradiates the date, characters, and simple figures directly onto the recording material is provided, and the light emitting control means controls the copying surface to a predetermined position. This is to record the location.

[Embodiment]

Next, preferred embodiments of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, the photosensitive material is a photosensitive and pressure sensitive material which requires a heat development process and which transfers an image onto an image receiving material having an image receiving layer.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 indicates an image recording apparatus according to this embodiment. In this case, the housing 12 constituting the image recording device includes a photosensitive material supply section 13 that stores the photosensitive material A, an image reading section 15 that reads image information carried on the document S, and a latent image on the photosensitive material A. an exposure section 16 that forms a photosensitive material A, and a heat development section 1 that performs a heat treatment on the photosensitive material A.
7. Overlapping section 19 for superimposing image receiving paper C on photosensitive material AK, pressure transfer section 21 for applying pressure between photosensitive material A and image receiving paper C, and peeling section 2 for separating image receiving paper C from photosensitive material A.
6 and a post-heating section 2 that performs post-heating treatment on the image receiving paper CK.
5 are provided respectively.

A transparent document support glass plate 14 on which a document S is placed is arranged on the upper surface of the housing 12, and the image reading section 15 is arranged below this document support glass plate 14. That is, the image reading unit 15 includes a light source 18 that integrally scans the front surface of the document support plate 14, a mirror 20a1, and an imaging lens/filter unit assembly 30, the details of which will be described later.
Further, mirrors 20b and 20c that move in the same direction by 1/2 of the scanning distance of the light/source 18, etc. and a fixed mirror 2
0d.

20e and 2Of, which are surrounded by a partition wall 22 and optically isolated from other parts.

However, in this case, the partition wall 22 has an exposure opening 6 for the exposure section 16 of the photosensitive material A in a portion through which the optical axis 62 of the image reading section 15 reflected by the fixed mirror 2°fK passes.
4 is defined, and a shutter device 35 and a shutter control device 36 are arranged in the exposure opening 34 .

Further, a standard white plate 302 is provided near the original support glass plate 14 so as to be exposed to the light source 18 .

On the other hand, the photosensitive material supply section 13 is provided on the left side of the housing 12 and is held in a light-tight manner by a partition wall 52. This photosensitive material supply section 13 is loaded with a removable photosensitive material magazine 54 wound with photosensitive material A. No. 40-La vs. 56a
56d to 56d. In this case, a cutter 58 for cutting the photosensitive material A into predetermined lengths is disposed between the first and twentieth pair 5Sa, 56b. Also, the 6th and 40th
The guide plate 60 disposed between the -ra pair 56C956d faces the exposure opening 34 defined on the bottom surface of the partition wall 22 surrounding the image reading section 15.

A heat developing section 17 surrounded by a heat-insulating partition wall 62 is disposed in front of the exposure section 16 (hereinafter, "front" refers to the downstream side with respect to the traveling direction of the photosensitive material, etc.). A photosensitive material engineer passes through a guide plate 60 to the heating and developing section 17 using a roller 671 and guide rollers 66a, 66b.
It is carried in via the 68 end 1 nos belts and the guy P member 70 hung on it. The heat developing section 17 includes a hollow cylindrical heating drum 74 containing a halogen lamp 72;
The heating drum 74 includes an endless belt 84 supported by and slidingly in contact with four belt support rollers 76, 78, 80, and 82 on the outer periphery of the heating drum 74, and conveys the photosensitive material A in a heated state by sandwiching it therebetween.

The photosensitive material A carried out from the heat developing section 17 is transferred to the guide P plate 8.
It is guided by B and transported to the stacking section 19 via the 50th pair 56e. The overlapping portion 19 has a Y-shaped guide plate 88, and this Y-shaped guide plate 88
A first carry-in path 88a close to the 0-ra pair 56e, and a sixth
It is composed of a second carry-in path 88b that is close to the 70-th pair 56f, and an output path 88c that is adjacent to the 70-th pair 56g where the first and second carry-in paths 88a and 88b merge. .

On the other hand, a cassette 90 for storing image-receiving paper C is loaded into the right side of the housing 12. In this case, a paper feeding roller 92 is disposed at the upper part of the cassette 90, and the image receiving paper C is passed through the 81st:I-ra pair 56h and the 60th-ra pair 56f by this paper feeding roller 92. From there, it is supplied to the second carry-in path 88b of the Y-shaped guide plate 88. In addition, No.9・
There is a manual feed slot 94 at the top of the cassette 90 inside the housing 12.
It is also possible to supply the image receiving paper C from this manual feed port 94 to the second carry-in path 88b via the 90th pair 56i.

A pressure unit 96 including a pressure transfer section 21 and a peeling section 23 is disposed in front of the 70th pair 55g. This pressure unit 96 includes a pair of pressure rollers 98 and 100 rotationally driven by a rotation 1 drive source (not shown), and backup rollers 102 and 104 for equalizing the pressure force of the pressure rollers 98 and 100 in the axial direction. is provided.

On the other hand, a blade 106 rotatably supported on a support plate (not shown) is disposed between the 70th roller pair 5611 and the pressure roller 98. The other end of the brake P106 is pulled by a spring 108 so that one end comes into sliding contact with the pressure roller 98.

A peeling section 23 is provided in front of the pressure transfer section 21 . The peeling section 23 includes a tenth roller pair 56j and a tenth roller pair 56.
A peeling roller 11 coaxially disposed on one roller of j.
0,112 and an endless belt 114 that is hung around the peeling rollers 110 and 112. Also, the 10th
In front of the pair of rollers 56j are first and second unloading paths 116a and 116b formed into a substantially A-shape by guide plates.
will be placed.

A waste tray 11 is disposed below the heat developing section 17 through a 110th roller pair 56k in the first carrying-out path 116a.
8 are arranged in a row. This place O1 said waste tray 118
The photosensitive material A is put into the . In addition, the second unloading path 116
In front of b are the 12th to 140th-ra pairs 561 to 56.
A take-out tray 120 disposed at the lower corner of the knife 12 is connected to the lever 12 via the handle n.
0, the image receiving paper C is derived. In addition, the 12th and 1st
60-ra vs. 56/! , 56m, a post-heating section 25 is provided.

The post-heating device 25 includes a heating row 2201 having a nozzle lamp 206 at the center of the shaft, and an elastic nip roller 200 made of silicone rubber or the like that is in contact with the heating row 2201.
It is composed of.

The image receiving paper C peeled off from the photosensitive material A by the peeling section 26 is conveyed by a pair of rollers 566, and is held between the heating roller 201 and the elastic Nizzo roller 200 so that the image receiving surface is in contact with the heating roller 201. transported.

In front of the post-heating device 25, a color density detection unit 124 for detecting the color density of the image on the color source receiving paper C is arranged between the 16th and 140th pairs 56m and 56n. The color density detection unit 124 includes an illumination device 126 that illuminates the image surface of the coloring source image-receiving paper C, and a color photosensor 128 that receives light reflected from the image-receiving paper C by this illumination.

The apparatus further includes a color density control unit 1 connected to the imaging lens/filter unit assembly 30 and the 7-photo sensor 128 and disposed at a suitable location within the housing 12.
50, the color density control unit 150, the photosensitive material supply section 13, the image reading section 15, the drive system for the image reading section 15 (not shown), the cutter 58, the shutter control device 66, the heat developing section 17. A system control unit # that is connected to the pressure transfer unit 21, the peeling unit 26, and the post-heating unit 25 and controls the entire apparatus.
(not shown) is provided.

Here, from the position where the optical axis 32 hits the photosensitive material AK toward the roller pair 56d, a light emitting element 26 such as a semiconductor laser including an LED array, a polynon mirror, and a lens optical system is facing the image plane of the photosensitive material. It is arranged.

The light emitting element 26 is shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b).
It may be a fixed type that is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the photosensitive material and spans the entire width or part of the photosensitive material, or it may be a type that scans in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the photosensitive material. In addition, the light emitting elements are positioned between the transport roller pair 561d and 56d, and the rollers 56b and 56d, as shown in FIG.
c or between 56d and the heat developing device 17.

There is also an image information setting channel (not shown) placed at a suitable location on the Hau Kung 12.

In this image information setting menu, select and set the date, characters, and figures stored in the memory section in advance.

Then, the set information is input to the light emission control unit, and this light emission control unit uses a delay circuit so that the set information is exposed at a preset position on the image plane based on the imagewise exposure start input. The light emitting timing of the light emitting element 260 is controlled by.

Therefore, desired information can be added to a predetermined position (for example, a frame portion of the image plane).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by providing another light-emitting element near the imagewise exposure position, it is possible to add a date, text, or simple figure to an image.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of the image recording apparatus of the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are layout diagrams of light emitting elements as seen from the arrow "X" in FIG. 1. Reference numerals in the figure: 10... Image recording device 12... Housing 13... Photosensitive material supply section 14... Document support glass. 15... Image reading section 17... Heat developing section 18... Light source 19... Overlapping section 21... Pressure transfer section 23... Peeling section 2
5... Post-heating section 26... Light emitting element 56
a~56n...Roller pair 58--Cutter 72...
・Halogen lamp 74... Heating drum 88...
Y-shaped guide plate 90...Cassette 92...Paper feed roller 96...Pressure unit 98.100
...Pressure rollers 102, 104...Backup roller 124...
・Color density detection unit 126...Lighting device 128...Color photo sensor 150...Color density control unit 200...Heating roller 201...Halogen lamp 302...White plate A...Photosensitive material C...
・Image receiving paper.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image recording apparatus that performs imagewise exposure on a recording material includes: an image information issuing means; an image information setting means for setting the image information; An image recording device comprising a light emission control means for exposing by a light emission means.