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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayuki Hirose, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Mikami, Hachiohji, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345-5 ; 347-3 ; 358296 ;
Abstract
A communication apparatus having a recording device operable in a first recording mode for effecting a multi- or full-color recording in response to image signals received and a second recording mode for effecting monochromatic recording in accordance with image signals received; a discriminator for discriminating that the operation in one of the first and second recording modes becomes incapable, and a device for notifying a result of discrimination by said discriminating means to the image signal sending station which sends the image signals to be recorded.