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A color image recording apparatus capable of simultaneously perform pressure developing operation with respect to one light exposed section of the image recording medium and exposure operation with respect to a following section of the identical image recording medium. A buffer means is disposed bet

A color image recording apparatus capable of simultaneously perform pressure developing operation with respect to one light exposed section of the image recording medium and exposure operation with respect to a following section of the identical image recording medium. A buffer means is disposed between the exposure unit and the pressure developing unit for absorbing a sheet slack which will be generated by reversal feed of the image recording medium. Already light exposed section of the image recording medium initially merely passes through the pressure developing unit without undergoing pressure developing operation. Then, for the pressure developing operation, the light exposed section is reversally travelled toward the exposure unit, to provide the slack. Meanwhile the following section of the recording medium can undergo exposure at the exposure unit.

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A color image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original image on an image recording medium, said image recording medium comprising a photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium and a developer medium, said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording m

A color image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original image on an image recording medium, said image recording medium comprising a photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium and a developer medium, said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium traveling in a normal feeding direction, said apparatus comprising: exposure unit for exposing to light said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium to form a latent image thereon; pressure developing unit disposed at downstream side of said exposure unit for superposing said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium with said developer medium and for pressing together, said pressure developer unit being in inoperative position for pressure development during travel of said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium in said normal feeding direction and being in operative position for pressure developing operation during travel of the photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium and the developer medium in a direction opposite said normal feeding direction; reversal feeding means disposed downstream of said exposure unit for reversal feeding said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium in the direction opposite said normal feeding direction for pressure developing said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium, to thereby form a visible image on said developer medium during said reversal feeding; and buffer means provided between said exposure unit and said pressure developing unit for temporarily absorbing slack of said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium said slack being provided by said reversal feeding of said photosensitive pressure sensitive image recording medium.