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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Hiroyasu Sumida, Ichikawa, JP;
Toshiya Tagawa, Ichikawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which stores image data of an image of each page of an original document into a memory and then outputs the image data stored in the memory in order of pages of the original document to record the corresponding image on a recording medium for producing a requested number of sets of copies of the original document. A controller determines, each time after image data for one page of the original document is stored in the memory, whether or not the memory will overflow if image data of a next page of the original document is stored in the memory. The controller prohibits reading of an image of the next page of the original document when it determines that the memory will overflow.