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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Nozomi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nozomi Sawada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for forming images on recording media of different sizes are provided. The image forming procedure may include reading setting information which includes the size of a substitute recording medium for each user from a memory and, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available, executing a print instruction by automatically changing the size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information. Additional computer-readable storage media storing image forming procedures are also provided.