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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/142 ;
Abstract
A recording apparatus has a feed mechanism for feeding a recording medium loaded on a recording-medium loading section; a recording unit for recording on the recording medium fed by the feed mechanism; and a recording-medium discriminating device for discriminating the type of recording medium loaded on the recording-medium loading section. The type of recording medium is discriminated by the recording-medium discriminating device before the feeding operation by the feed mechanism, and the operation of the recording unit is controlled according to the type of recording medium stored in a memory.