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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1993
Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiraku Sonobe, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoharu Yoshioka, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Miyamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiko Kajiya, Funabashi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An output apparatus comprises a recording sheet conveying section having two feeder portions; a reader section for reading information which has been outputted onto a recording sheet; and an output section for outputting information onto a recording sheet. The apparatus determines whether a sheet set in a feeder portion is a print sheet or an original document, and performs reading and/or recording in accordance with the determination and/or an application being executed. The apparatus further has a memory for storing information which has been outputted onto a sheet and a comparator for comparing the information stored in the memory with the information read from the sheet by the reading section. Based on the comparison, the apparatus determines a proper manner (i.e., proper output position and orientation of the data) to output information onto the other side of the sheet, and also selects information to be outputted.