Output apparatus and method for reading and recording
First Claim
1. An output apparatus comprising:
- conveyer means for conveying an output medium, said conveyer means having two output medium feed portions including respective feeding convey paths and one output medium ejection portion, wherein the feeding convey paths of said two output medium feed portions join at a joining point into one ejection convey path reaching said output medium ejection portion;
output means for recording information on the output medium in accordance with output signals, said output means being provided adjacent the ejection convey path downstream from the joining point of the convey paths;
reader means for reading recorded information which has been recorded on the output medium, said reader means being provided adjacent one of the two feeding convey paths upstream from the joining point; and
control means for controlling said conveyer means, said output means and said reader means, wherein the output medium is movable in said conveyer means in only a forward direction.
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Abstract
An output apparatus comprises a recording sheet conveying section having two feeder portions; a reader section for reading information which has been outputted onto a recording sheet; and an output section for outputting information onto a recording sheet. The apparatus determines whether a sheet set in a feeder portion is a print sheet or an original document, and performs reading and/or recording in accordance with the determination and/or an application being executed. The apparatus further has a memory for storing information which has been outputted onto a sheet and a comparator for comparing the information stored in the memory with the information read from the sheet by the reading section. Based on the comparison, the apparatus determines a proper manner (i.e., proper output position and orientation of the data) to output information onto the other side of the sheet, and also selects information to be outputted.
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27 Claims
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1. An output apparatus comprising:
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conveyer means for conveying an output medium, said conveyer means having two output medium feed portions including respective feeding convey paths and one output medium ejection portion, wherein the feeding convey paths of said two output medium feed portions join at a joining point into one ejection convey path reaching said output medium ejection portion; output means for recording information on the output medium in accordance with output signals, said output means being provided adjacent the ejection convey path downstream from the joining point of the convey paths; reader means for reading recorded information which has been recorded on the output medium, said reader means being provided adjacent one of the two feeding convey paths upstream from the joining point; and control means for controlling said conveyer means, said output means and said reader means, wherein the output medium is movable in said conveyer means in only a forward direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 22, 23)
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3. An apparatus comprising:
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conveyer means for conveying a sheet, said conveyer means including a sheet feed portion; detector means provided near said sheet feed portion for detecting a sheet set in said sheet feed portion; control means for controlling an execution of a program for recording information on a sheet and a program for reading an image on a sheet; and deciding means for, when said detector means has detected the sheet set in said sheet feed portion, deciding whether the sheet set in said sheet feed portion corresponds to the program to be executed. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. An output apparatus comprising:
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storage means for storing first information to be recorded on an output medium; reader means for reading from the output medium fed into said output apparatus second information which has been recorded onto the fed output medium; comparing means for comparing the second information read by said reader means with the first information stored in said storage means; and setting means for setting at least one of an output position and an output orientation for recording additional information inputted from an external source onto the output medium in accordance with a comparison result provided by said comparing means. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. An output apparatus comprising:
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storage means for storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium; reader means for reading from an output medium fed in said output apparatus second information which has been recorded onto the fed output medium fed; comparing means for comparing the second information read by said reader means with the first information stored in said storage means; and selecting means for selecting additional information to be recorded from information inputted from an external source, based on a comparison performed by said comparing means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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24. An output method comprising the steps of:
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storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium; reading from the output medium second information which has been recorded onto the output medium; comparing the second information read in said reading step with the first information stored in said storing step; and setting at least one of an output position and an output orientation for recording additional information inputted from an external source onto the output medium on the basis of the result of a comparison in said comparing step of the second information read with the first information stored. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An output method comprising the steps of:
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storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium; reading from the output medium second information which has been recorded onto the output medium; comparing the second information read in said reading step with the first information stored in said storing step; and selecting additional information to be recorded onto the output medium from information inputted from the external source on the basis of a result of comparison in said comparing step of the second information read with the first information stored. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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Specification