An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sensitive material mounted on a drum by emitting light beams to the sensitive material. The stent is constructed of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common longitudinal stent axis and interconnected by one or more interconnecting members placed so that the stent is flexible in the longitudinal direction. The blockiness metric is determined based on respective local variations in the processed version of the picture and in an original version of the picture. The control unit controls the information unit to sound the alarm when the control unit determines that the starting time of the warning issue has elapsed. The device can also have a rotating bearing that allows the grid holder to be rotated from a horizontal to a vertical position, or through a vertical position from either of two horizontal positions. In one example, the present invention relates to a system and method for the mass manufacture of fuel, fuel stock, or fuel additives by using dry or drying up hydrocarbon wells as a heat source in the manufacturing process.