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Image recording apparatus for recording different sized images on different sized recording sheets

  • US 5,610,728 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1993
  • Issued: 03/11/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image recording apparatus for recording images on a plurality of types of recording sheets having different sizes, said image recording apparatus comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving an image;

    storing means for storing the received image;

    recording means for recording (i) in a first mode in which the received image is recorded in a reduced form on a recording sheet of a first size, and (ii) in a second mode in which the received image is recorded in a form which is reduced less than the reduced form of the first mode on a recording sheet of a second size, the second size being larger than the first size;

    detecting means for detecting a size of the received image to be recorded; and

    control means (i) for comparing the image size detected by said detecting means with a predetermined value, and (ii) for enabling said recording means to record after receiving one page of the received image (a) in the first mode when the image size detected by said detecting means is smaller than the predetermined value, and (b) in the second mode when the image size detected by said detecting means is larger than the predetermined value.

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