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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1997
Shokyo Koh, Mishima, JP;
Tokuharu Kaneko, Mishima, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Koganei, JP;
Hirohiko Tashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Mishima, JP;
Masanobu Inui, Chigasaki, JP;
Nobuo Sekiguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuaki Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Rieko Akiba, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushika Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system includes an input device which inputs an n page document, with the n pages being reduced in size so that a predetermined number of the n pages can be layed out in a layout print format on a single sheet for recording. A selection device selects between first and second layout modes for laying out the predetermined number of pages in the layout print format for recording. In the first layout mode the predetermined number of the n pages are first layed out in the layout print format and are subsequently stored in a storage device, and are then read from the storage device for recording on a single sheet. In the second layout mode the predetermined number of pages are first stored in the storage device on a page by page basis, are then read from the storage device and are subsequently layed out in the layout print format, and are then recorded on a single sheet.