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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Fumihiro Minamizawa, Toyoaka, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus uses a first recording head capable of recording in black on a recording medium, and a second recording head capable of recording in black on the recording medium at a recording speed that is lower than a recording speed of the first recording head. The second recording head and the first recording head are interchangeably mountable in the recording apparatus. A detection device detects which one of the first recording head and the second recording head is set. If the detection device detects that the second recording head is set, a storage device stores information received from an external device. For example, if a CPU detects reception of a CALL signal from an external facsimile, and detects a head detection flag indicating that a,-color recording head having a lower black recording speed has been set, the CPU stores the facsimile data from the external facsimile into a RAM, thereby eliminating the problems involved if the slow,-color recording head were to be used to immediately record the received facsimile data.