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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Megumi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00925 (2013.01); H04N 1/00596 (2013.01); H04N 1/2323 (2013.01); H04N 1/2376 (2013.01); H04N 1/2392 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method for reading an image of a document and preventing an image from being printed on the document if a sheet type of the document is not suitable for printing. The method includes reading an image of a conveyed document, detecting a sheet type of the conveyed document, and controlling, in a case where the detected sheet type is the predetermined sheet type, an image to be printed on the conveyed document, and controlling, in a case where the detected sheet type is not a predetermined sheet type, an image not to be printed on the conveyed document.