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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Shuhji Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Kato, Osaka, JP;
Syoichiro Yoshiura, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image recording system includes two image recording apparatuses each capable of recording images independently. A color image recording apparatus is disposed with a bypass transporting path apparatus. A transporting path connecting apparatus is disposed between the front of a monochrome image recording apparatus and the back of the color image recording apparatus. A final processing apparatus that is common to the color and monochrome image recording apparatuses is disposed in the front of the color image recording apparatus. This system includes a process switching portion that switches an image recording process executed by one image recording apparatus to a substitute image recording process of the other image recording apparatus and a switching determining portion that determines whether the switching is executed by the process switching portion, depending on whether a predetermined condition is satisfied.