Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Fusang Chou

Izuru Horiuchi

Koji Okabe

Saijiro Endo

The present invention provides a multi-function apparatus comprises a pressure plate for pressing an original placed on an original support plate, a read means for reading an image of the original on the original support plate, a reception means for receiving data representing an image, a record means for recording images based on the image read by the read means and the data received by the reception means, a detection means for detecting open/close of the pressure plate, a changeover means for changing a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being to record by using the record means the image based on the image read by the read means, and the second mode being to record by using the record means the image based on the data received by the reception means, wherein the changeover means changes, in a case where the data is received by the reception means during the first mode is being set, the mode to the second mode if a predetermined period of time is elapsed from the detection by the detection means that the pressure plate was closed, whereby the efficiency of a copy function process can be improved in the multi-function apparatus.

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