INSTANT PRINTER, PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME, COMBINATION PRINTER/ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA SYSTEM

摘要

A latent image is formed in a predetermined exposure area of an instant film exposed through an exposure opening formed in a case of a film pack by applying printing light from a print head driven according to image data. While the print head is scanning a linear beam of printing light in a main scanning direction, it moves in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. Considering the clearance between the case and the instant film, the area illuminated by the printing light is wider than the exposure area in both main scanning and sub-scanning direction, and therefore the whole exposure area is exposed to the printing light even if the instant film is displaced in the case. Integrally with a pack load chamber in which the film pack is loaded, a light-shielding housing covering an area including the area where the print head moves is provided.