Image recording method and image recording apparatus using the same

摘要

Disclosed herewith is an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a reversible thermal recording medium that has a thermal recording layer containing a cholesteric liquid crystal compound having medium molecular weight. The image recording apparatus comprises: a recording head for heating the reversible thermal recording medium; a sensor for detecting a kind of the reversible recording medium; and a speed control unit which is capable of changing, based on the detected kind of the reversible image recording medium, a relative print feeding speed of the recording head and the reversible thermal recording medium.