Claims
- 1. A printing apparatus or system, comprising:
- generating means for generating image data representing an image;
- memory means connected to said generating means for storing image data generated by said means; and
- a plurality of recording sections or heads connected to said generating means and said memory means for recording the image a number of times on a number of recording media on the basis of the image data from said generating means, wherein when the number of times the image is to be recorded is in excess of the number of said recording sections or heads, the excess number of image recordings are performed by said recording sections or heads on the basis of image data read out from said memory means.
- 2. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 1, wherein said generating means includes reading means for reading an original and for generating image data representing the original image.
- 3. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 1, wherein said recording sections or heads simultaneously perform image recordings based on the same image data.
- 4. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 1, wherein said memory means stores at least one page of image data.
- 5. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 1, further comprising means connected to said memory means and said recording sections or heads for setting a desired number of image recordings to be performed by said recording sections or heads.
- 6. A printing apparatus or system, comprising:
- memory means for storing image data representing an image; readout means connected to said memory means for repeatedly reading out the same image data stored in said memory means;
- image forming means connected to said memory means and being repeatedly operable for forming images on a recording medium in accordance with the image data repeatedly read out be said readout means;
- a plurality of receptacles connected to said image forming means for receiving media on which images have been formed by said image forming means;
- inputting means connected to said readout means and said image forming means for inputting numerical data determining the number of image formation operations to be performed by said image forming means; and
- control means connected to said image forming means for causing the image-bearing recording media produced by said number of image formation operations performed by said image forming means to be fed to a selected one of said receptacles.
- 7. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 6, wherein said readout means reads out the image data repeatedly in accordance with the number input by said inputting means.
- 8. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 6, wherein said control means includes selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of receptacles.
- 9. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 8, wherein said selecting means comprises a manually operable instruction input means.
- 10. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 8, wherein said selecting means is automatically operable to select the receptacle in accordance with the size of the image to be formed on the recording medium.
- 11. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 6, wherein said memory means is capable of storing image data of a plurality of pages.
- 12. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 6, further comprising reading means connected to said memory means for reading an image of an original and generating image data, wherein said memory means is arranged to store the image data from said reading means.
- 13. A printing apparatus or system, comprising;
- reading means for reading an image of an original in a reading position relative to said reading means and generating image data representing the original;
- a memory connected to said reading means for storing image data representing a plurality of originals read by said reading means;
- exchanging means connected to said reading means for automatically exchanging one original in the reading position relative to said reading means with another original;
- means connected to said memory and said exchanging means for storing image data corresponding to a particular original in said memory and then allowing said exchanging means to exchange the particular original for another original; and
- printing means connected to said memory for printing an image in accordance with the image data stored in said memory.
- 14. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 13, wherein image data corresponding to a plurality of originals is provided sequentially from said memory to said printing means.
- 15. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 13, wherein said printing means further prints an image in accordance with image data supplied, regardless of said memory, from said reading means.
- 16. A printing apparatus or system, comprising:
- generating means for generating image data, the image data representing a plurality of original images different from each other;
- memory means connected to said generating means for storing image data generated by said generating means representing a plurality of original images; and
- recording means connected to said generating means and said memory means for recording images on a recording medium on the basis of image data supplied to said recording means, wherein the image data representing the original images generated by said generating means are supplied to said recording means and are stored in said memory means while said recording means records original images one at a time, and thereafter said memory means sequentially supplies to said recording means the image data stored in said memory means corresponding to a plurality of originals and said recording means records the original images.
- 17. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 16, wherein said generating means reads an original and generates image data representing the original image.
- 18. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 16, wherein upon repeated recordings of the same image, a first recording is performed on the basis of the image data from said generating means, and second and following recordings are performed on the basis of the image data read out from said memory means.
- 19. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 16, further comprising means connected to said recording means for setting a desired number of image recordings to be performed by said recording means.
- 20. A printing apparatus or system, comprising;
- a memory for storing image data representing an image;
- image forming means connected to said memory for forming an image on a recording medium on the basis of the image data stored in said memory;
- monitoring means connected to said memory for monitoring the size of an image represented by the image data stored in said memory; and
- control means connected to said image forming means and said monitoring means for controlling said image forming means in accordance with the size monitoring be said monitoring means.
- 21. A printing apparatus of system according to claim 20, wherein said monitoring means monitors a size by counting an address of said memory.
- 22. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 20, wherein said image forming means includes a plurality of recording sections for recording images the sizes of which are different from each other, wherein said control means selects one of said recording sections in accordance with the size monitored by said monitoring means.
- 23. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 20, further comprising reading means connected to said memory for reading an image of an original and for generating image data representing the original to be used by said image forming means as the basis for forming an image.
- 24. A printing apparatus or system, comprising:
- generating means for generating image data representing an image;
- a plurality of recording sections or heads connected to said generating means adapted to record an image on a recording medium on the basis of the image data generated by said generating means; and
- selecting means connected to said recording sections or heads for selecting at least one of said recording sections or heads to record the image, wherein said selecting means performs the selection depending on which of said recording sections or heads is being used.
- 25. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 24, wherein said selecting means selects a recording section or head to be used for succeeding image recording in accordance with the recording section or head used for the preceding image recording.
- 26. A printing apparatus of system according to claim 24, further comprising setting means connected to said recording sections or heads and said selecting means for setting a desired number of image recordings to be performed by said recording section or heads, wherein said selecting means performs a selection in accordance with the number set by said setting means.
- 27. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 26, wherein when the number of said image recordings set by said setting means is equal to or more than the number of said recording sections or heads, said selecting means selects all of said recording sections or heads.
- 28. A printing apparatus or system according to claim 24, wherein said generating means includes reading means for reading an original and for generating image data representing the original image.
Priority Claims (4)
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56-62544 |
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56-109951 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 930,046, filed Nov. 12, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,718,040 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 671,025, filed Nov. 14, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 618,460, filed June 8, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 370,463, filed Apr. 21, 1982, now abandoned.
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