Facsimile machine using cut sheet of paper
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1. A facsimile machine comprising:
- storing means for temporarily storing image data to be recorded;
recording means for recording said image data on a recording medium having a fixed size;
detecting means for detecting the size of said recording medium to be used in recording said image data; and
control means for controlling recording of said image data on said recording medium such that said image data is recorded on a single sheet of said recording medium as reduced in size with a reduction rate determined by the size of said recording medium and the detected size of said image data if the size of said image data is larger than the size of said recording medium but does not exceed a predetermined value, whereas said image data is recorded on two or more sheets of said recording medium as divided if the size of said image data exceeds said predetermined value.
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Abstract
A facsimile machine using a cut sheet of paper for recording image data thereon is provided with a function of recoding the image data on the cut sheet of paper as reduced in size with a size reduction rate determined by the size of the image data and the size of the cut sheet of paper if the image data to be recorded is longer than the cut sheet or paper but the length of the image data does not exceed a predetermined value. The facsimile machine is also provided with a function of recording the image data on two or more cut sheets of paper as divided with unity magnification if the size of the image data exceeds the predetermined value.
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1. A facsimile machine comprising:
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storing means for temporarily storing image data to be recorded; recording means for recording said image data on a recording medium having a fixed size; detecting means for detecting the size of said recording medium to be used in recording said image data; and control means for controlling recording of said image data on said recording medium such that said image data is recorded on a single sheet of said recording medium as reduced in size with a reduction rate determined by the size of said recording medium and the detected size of said image data if the size of said image data is larger than the size of said recording medium but does not exceed a predetermined value, whereas said image data is recorded on two or more sheets of said recording medium as divided if the size of said image data exceeds said predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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