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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Takahiro Moro, Wako, JP;
Takeshi Matsushita, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus which has recording sheet discriminating means for discriminating a kind of the recording sheet to be supplied to the recording means, a printer driver for controlling a recording operation of the recording means on the basis of recording sheet an information of conforming to the kind of the recording sheet discriminated by the recording sheet discriminating means, judging means for judging whether the recording sheet of which the kind has been discriminated by the recording sheet discriminating means is included in of a preset specific kind recording sheet, and recording sheet information inputting means for inputting the information of the recording sheet to be supplied to the recording means when it is judged by the judging means that the recording sheet of which the kind has been discriminated is not included in the specific kind of recording sheets.