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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1988
Motofumi Konishi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus for recording a multi-color document on a monochromatic recording medium, and an image reproducing apparatus for reproducing the multi-color image from the monochromatic recording medium. The recording apparatus includes detection equipment for detecting the color of the image recorded on the document, apparatus for monochromatically recording the document image on the recording medium, and apparatus for recording on the recording medium information corresponding to the color detected by the detection means. The image reproducing apparatus includes detection equipment for detecting the information recorded on the recording medium, and apparatus for applying to the image carrier a color corresponding to the information detected by the detection means.