Patent 7101035 was granted and assigned to Dainippon Screen Mfg Co on September, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An image recording apparatus includes two recording material storage sections arranged vertically, each having a magazine, a cutter and a pair of take-out rollers, a transport device having a pair of transport rollers for transporting a recording material, the transport device supporting the recording material in a horizontal state, and a recording drum for holding the recording material on a peripheral surface thereof. The apparatus further includes a tilt mechanism for tilting the transport device to set the pair of transport rollers to a position opposed to the recording drum, and an image recorder for recording an image on the recording material held by the recording drum.