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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1997
Toshiyuki Yamashita, Toyokawa, JP;
Eiichi Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroharu Tanaka, Toyokawa, JP;
Takatsugu Kuno, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Sumiko Nishimura, Toyohashi, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, first in a printing delay process, it is determined whether or not a specific mode is set. When it is determined that a specific mode is set, printing is inhibited until images to be printed are accumulated in a memory, and whether or not originals are mixed originals (of assorted sizes) is detected. If it is determined that originals are mixed ones, start of printing is inhibited. Since printing cannot be executed when a specific mode in which mixed originals cannot be handled is set, an image forming apparatus capable of automatically handling mixed originals can be provided.