Recording apparatus
A hand-held recording apparatus includes a recording section, a housing, and an indicator. The recording section records an image on a recording material in moving in a scanning direction. The housing houses the recording section. The indicator is movable between an indication position at which the indicator opposes the recording material and indicates a recording area of the image of the recording section and a retracted position at which the indicator is retracted from the indication position.
1. A hand-held recording apparatus comprising:
a recording section to record an image on a recording material in moving in a scanning direction;
a housing to house the recording section; and
an indicator movable between an indication position at which the indicator opposes the recording material and indicates a recording area in which the image is recorded by the recording section and a retracted position at which the indicator is retracted from the indication position.
2. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the indicator is disposed upstream or downstream from the recording section in the scanning direction.
3. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a size of the indicator in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is substantially same as a size of the recording section in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.
4. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a size of at least a part of the indicator in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is substantially same as a size of the recording section in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.
5. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the indicator has marking shapes on same lines as both ends of the recording section in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.
6. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the indicator is a transparent member.
7. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 6 ,
wherein the indicator is disposed on both sides of the housing in the scanning direction.
8. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a movement assist member to assist movement of the housing in the scanning direction.
9. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the indicator has a center-position indicating portion at a position corresponding to a center position of the recording section in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction, and
wherein the center-position indicating portion indicates the center position of the recording section in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.
10. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a stopper to restrict the indicator to a position at which the indicator forms a predetermined gap from the recording material when the indicator is at the indication position.
11. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the housing forms a gap from the indicator at the retracted position.
12. A hand-held recording apparatus comprising:
a recording section to record an image on a recording material;
a housing to house the recording section;
a roller to guide movement of the housing in a scanning direction; and
an indicator movable between an indication position at which the indicator opposes the recording material and indicates a recording area in which the image is recorded by the recording section and a retracted position at which the indicator is retracted from the indication position.
13. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a stopper to restrict the indicator to a position at which the indicator hag forms a predetermined gap between the indicator and the recording material when the indicator is at the indication position.
14. A hand-held recording apparatus comprising:
a housing to house a recording section to record an image on a recording material;
a roller to guide movement of the housing in a scanning direction; and
an indicator movable between an indication position at which the indicator opposes the recording material and indicates a recording area in which the image is recorded by the recording section and a retracted position at which the indicator is retracted from the indication position.
15. The hand-held recording apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising a stopper to restrict the indicator to a position at which the indicator has forms a predetermined gap between the indicator and the recording material when the indicator is at the indication position.