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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Junichi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawazoe, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuyo Ohashi, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kawazoe, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuyo Ohashi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is to provide a recording apparatus and a recording method, capable of automatically specifying a type of a recording medium by a simple and inexpensive structure, thereby automating a sheet type setting operation and avoiding an error of user in such sheet type setting operation. The apparatus is equipped with first detectors for detecting a width dimension of a recording medium, a second detector for detecting a surface characteristic of the recording medium, and a discriminator for discriminating the type of the recording medium based on the results of the first and second detectors.