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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1993
Ikuo Sobue, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus for recording images on a plurality of types of recording sheets having different sizes, includes a recording device for recording (i) in a first mode in which an image is recorded in a reduced form on a recording sheet of a first size, and (ii) in a second mode in which the image is recorded in a non-reduced form on a recording sheet of a second size, the second size being larger than the first size. A detecting device detects a size of the image to be recorded. A control device (i) compares the image size detected by the detecting device with a predetermined value, and (ii) enables the recording device to record (a) in the first mode when the image size detected by the detecting device is smaller than the predetermined value, and (b) in the second mode when the image size detected by the detecting device is larger than the predetermined value.