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A printer has a printer body, a carriage for undergoing scanning movement over a print paper in a scanning direction, and a cassette removably connected to the printer body for storing print paper and having a code element indicative of photosensitive characteristics of the print paper. The print pa

A printer has a printer body, a carriage for undergoing scanning movement over a print paper in a scanning direction, and a cassette removably connected to the printer body for storing print paper and having a code element indicative of photosensitive characteristics of the print paper. The print paper contains photosensitive microcapsules encapsulating a color developing material and a photo-curing material and has an image receiving layer for developing color by a reaction of the color developing material with the image receiving layer. The carriage has a light emitting element for emitting light of a preselected wavelength to which the photosensitive microcapsules are exposed to thereby form a latent image on the print paper. A photosensitive characteristics identifying mechanism is disposed on the carriage for reading the code element of the cassette to identify the photosensitive characteristics of the print paper. A light emission controller controls the intensity or the time period of emission of the light emitted by the light emitting element in accordance with the photosensitive characteristics of the print paper identified by the photosensitive characteristics identifying mechanism. A pressurizing mechanism applies mechanical pressure to the print paper after a latent image has been formed thereon to collapse the photosensitive microcapsules which were not exposed to the light emitted by the light emitting element and thereby develop the latent image by reaction of the color developing material in the photosensitive microcapsules with the image receiving layer.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A printer comprising:a printer body;a cassette removably connected to the printer body for storing print paper containing photosensitive microcapsules encapsulating a color developing material and a photo-curing material and having an image receiving layer for developin

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A printer comprising:a printer body;a cassette removably connected to the printer body for storing print paper containing photosensitive microcapsules encapsulating a color developing material and a photo-curing material and having an image receiving layer for developing color by a reaction of the color developing material with the image receiving layer, the cassette having a code element indicative of photosensitive characteristics of the print paper;a carriage for undergoinq scanning movement over the print paper in a scanning direction, the carriage having a light emitting element for emitting light of a preselected wavelength to which the photosensitive microcapsules are exposed to thereby form a latent image on the print paper;a carriage guide for guiding movement of the carriage in the scanning direction, the carriage guide having a first side surface for sliding contact with a side surface of the carriage and a second side surface;a plate spring disposed on the carriage and in confronting relation with the second side surface of the carriage guide for sliding contact therewith;an abrasion resistant coating having a low coefficient of friction disposed on the second side surface of the carriage guide;photosensitive characteristics identifying means disposed on the carriage for reading the code element of the cassette to identify the photosensitive characteristics of the print paper;light emission controlling means for controlling the intensity or the time period of emission of the light emitted by the light emitting element in accordance with the photosensitive characteristics of the print paper identified by the photosensitive characteristics identifying means; andpressurizing means for applying mechanical pressure to the print paper after a latent image has been formed thereon to collapse the photosensitive microcapsules which were not exposed to the light emitted by the light emitting element and thereby develop the latent image by reaction of the color developing material in the photosensitive microcapsules with the image receiving layer.