Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Cannon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasuhito Suzuki

Yukio Inagi, Isaka

Koichiro Akimoto

Kazuyuki Honda

Hajime Ohshima

Yuji Takahashi

Yoshifumi Okamoto

Masaru Igarashi

Masayoshi Suzuki

Hisaji Masaki

An image data control apparatus includes a memory for storing image data and a reader for reading the image data from the memory. The reader can operate in a first mode for erasing the image data in association with the reading of the image data from the memory and can operate in a second mode for restoring the read image data in the storage means in association with the reading of the image data from the memory.

Image data control apparatus

A recording apparatus capable of changing the kind of sheet on which printing occurs, includes a discrimination circuit for discriminating the kind of sheet on which printing is to occur specified in input data, and a memory for storing data representing the kind of sheet set in the apparatus. A control circuit then controls the apparatus based on outputs from the discrimination circuit and the memory.

Recording apparatus for informing an operator of an inconsistency

An image forming apparatus includes a print data input device for inputting print data, a processor for performing data-processing of the print data, and an output device for outputting the processed print data as image data to an image forming unit. The processor includes a first setting device for setting line direction data representing a line direction, a second setting device for setting character direction data representing character direction, and a third setting device for setting line feed direction data representing line feed direction. The processor determines a processing mode of the inputted print data on the basis of the line direction data, the character direction data, and the line feed direction data.

Image recording apparatus capable of forming image outputs in various

An image recording apparatus has image forming means for forming an image on a record medium. The image forming means determines a record mode in accordance with designated page direction and print direction.

Image recording apparatus

An apparatus for recording an image on a record medium includes an image forming device which operates in a plurality of record modes, and a control device for determining the record mode to be used on the basis of inputted page direction information and inputted print direction information.

A recording apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image on a sheet-shaped recording medium, a discriminating circuit for discriminating an image related to predetermined information among images to be formed on sheet-shaped recording mediums by the image forming mechanism to produce a discrimination signal, and an inverting mechanism for selectively inverting front and back sides of each of sheet-shaped recording mediums on which images are formed by the image forming mechanism on the basis of the discrimination signal produced by the discrimination circuit.

Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus includes a record unit for recording an image on a recording medium; a detector for detecting a binding hole of the recording medium; and a record control unit responsive to a detection of the binding hole by the detector for causing the record unit to record the image on the recording medium such that the image is not cut away by the binding hole, e.g., by moving the image relative to the recording medium.

A recording apparatus in accordance with the invention has an optical system including a laser oscillator for forming an electrostatic latent image of an original on a photosensitive drum, a developing unit for visualizing the image, a tray for stacking transfer sheets, a transfer charger for transferring the image onto a transfer sheet, a fixer for fixing the image on the transfer sheet, a double transfer detector for detecting double transfer of two or more transfer sheets, a ramp detector for detecting a ramp of the transfer sheet, and a central processing unit for inhibiting feeding of the transfer sheet upon sensing of a double transfer or ramp of transfer sheets. When a double transfer or ramp of transfer sheets occurs, the information which may normally be lost may be printed on a transfer sheet in the right order without requiring interruption of the operation of the recording apparatus, so that the throughput of the recording apparatus may not be degraded.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yasuhito Suzuki