Image recording apparatus

Claim 1

An image recording apparatus for recording an output image on a sheet medium, the sheet medium being any ordinary copying sheet material, the output image corresponding to an image of an original, said original containing first and second images, the apparatus using a photosensitive recording medium having a surface which carries microcapsules encapsulating therein a chromogenic material, the apparatus comprising: exposure unit means for exposing to light said photosensitive recording medium for forming a latent image corresponding to said first image on the photosensitive recording medium; supplying means for supplying developer material particles which undergo a chromogenic reaction with the chromogenic material, the supplying means supplying said developer material particles to the ordinary copying sheet material for recording said first image, said developer material particles supplying means including a photosensitive drum; pressure developing unit means disposed downstream of the exposure unit for generating the chromogenic reaction between the chromogenic material and said developer material particles to provide said first image on the ordinary copying sheet material; and means for supplying toner particles onto said ordinary copying sheet for recording said second image thereon, said toner particles supplying means comprising: a photosensitive drum; a toner image forming means for forming a toner image corresponding to the second image onto the photosensitive drum; and a means for transferring the toner image on the photosensitive drum onto said ordinary copying sheet.