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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Atsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Waseda-machi, JP;
Yasuhiro Saitou, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that increases the relative resolution of a small image to be output for recording. When the image forming apparatus is used for copying an image of an original document, when the size of an image to be output is not greater than a predetermined size, a CPU controls a resolution switching unit for increasing the resolution to form an image with increased resolution.