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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1988
Masao Kiguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus selects one of a plurality of recording sheets and conveys it to an image recording unit and image recording is effected on the selected recording sheet, having first recording sheet detecting means for detecting the presence of the recording sheets at a first predetermined position on the conveyance path of the recording sheets upstream of the recording unit, second recording sheet detecting means for detecting the presence of the recording sheets at a second predetermined position on the conveyance path of the recording sheets downstream of the recording unit, and control means for conveying only one recording sheet to the recording unit and conveying the leading end edge of the other recording sheet to a recording standby position upstream of the recording unit in conformity with the result of detection by the first and second detecting means. An image recording method selects one of a plurality of recording sheets and conveys it to an image recording unit and image recording is effected on the selected recording sheet and wherein the presence of the recording sheets is detected at a first position upstream of the recording unit and the presence of the recording sheets is detected at a second position downstream of the recording unit, and only one recording sheet is conveyed to the recording unit and the other recording sheet is conveyed to a recording standby position upstream of the recording unit in conformity with the result of the two detections.