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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Miki Konno, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiharu Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoji Matsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Masako Shibaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having at least one of a copying and printer functions, and a facsimile function, comprising means for inputting image data and size information of an image forming medium on which an image based on the image data is to be formed, means for accommodating image forming media having different sizes, respectively, means for forming an image, based on the image data input from the input means, on each of the image forming media accommodated in the accommodation means, means for detecting sizes of image forming media stored in the accommodation means, and means for switching, on the basis of a detection result of the detection means, between an image forming operation of the image forming means in the facsimile function and an image forming operation of the image forming means in the copying or printer function.