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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Shigeki Hachiro, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuya Imafuku, Kawasaki, JP;
Naomi Nakamura, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an apparatus and a method capable of improving the throughput, reducing the apparatus cost, and executing marginless copy with a natural impression. According to this invention, a multi-function printer executes marginless copy in the following. Marginless copy and a printing paper size are instructed. The position and size of an original placed on the original table of the scanner are detected. A reading area on the original table is decided on the basis of the instruction, detection result, and a predefined extra-printing size. Control is done to execute image reading while limiting the operation range of the sensor of the scanner so that the image original is read from the decided reading area.