Patent · US Expired

Facsimile apparatus

US5959742A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateSep 1, 1995
Grant dateSep 28, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/2369
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a recording apparatus with plural sheet cassettes of different sizes, a cassette selecting method consists of calculating cassette information for each cassette based on the length and width of the image to be recorded, comparing the cassette information for the different cassettes and selecting an optimum cassette according to the comparison. The cassette information becomes larger in magnitude as the priority for selection becomes higher, represent various image forming modes.

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