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US 11,230,116 B2Granted
Recording apparatus, image processing apparatus, and recording method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yuto Kajiwara, Fumitaka Goto
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to apply a recording agent to a recording medium, the recording agent developing metallic luster when fixed to the recording medium, a conveyance unit configured to come into contact with the recording medium and convey the recording medium, after an image to be recorded on a side where the amount of the recording agent is smaller is recorded on a first side of the recording medium, an image to be recorded on a side where the amount of the recording agent is greater is recorded on a second side of the recording medium opposite from the first side.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit configured to apply a recording agent to a recording medium, wherein the recording agent develops metallic luster when fixed to the recording medium and the recording unit is configured to perform recording on both sides of the recording medium;
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to one side of the recording medium and indicating an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the one side and to obtain information related to the other side of the recording medium opposite from the one side, wherein the information related to the other side is about an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the other side;
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- a setting unit configured to set recording order,
- wherein, in a case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the other side and a difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, the setting unit sets the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on a first side of the recording medium, the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on a second side of the recording medium opposite from the first side,
- wherein, in the case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is not greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side and the difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount, the setting unit sets the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side, and
- wherein, in a case where the difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is less than the predetermined amount, the setting unit sets the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a generating unit configured to generate data on images, wherein the generated data is configured to be used to record the images and to apply a recording agent to a recording medium, and wherein the recording agent develops metallic luster when fixed to the recording medium;
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- an obtaining unit configured to obtain information indicating an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on one side of the recording medium and to obtain information about an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the other side of the recording medium opposite from the one side,
- wherein, in a case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the other side and a difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, the generating unit generates the data so that, after the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on a first side of the recording medium, the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on a second side of the recording medium opposite from the first side, and
- wherein, in the case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is not greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side and the difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount, the generating unit generates the data so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side.
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A recording method for a recording apparatus having a recording unit configured to apply a recording agent to a recording medium, wherein the recording agent develops metallic luster when fixed to the recording medium and the recording unit is configured to perform recording on both sides of the recording medium, the recording method comprising:
- obtaining information related to one side of the recording medium and indicating an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the one side and to obtain information related to the other side of the recording medium opposite from the one side, wherein the information related to the other side is about an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the other side;
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- setting recording order,
- wherein, in a case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the other side and a difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, setting includes setting the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on a first side of the recording medium, the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on a second side of the recording medium opposite from the first side,
- wherein, in the case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is not greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side and the difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount, setting includes setting the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side, and
- wherein, in a case where the difference between the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the one side and the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side is less than the predetermined amount, setting includes setting the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit configured to apply a recording agent to a recording medium, wherein the recording agent develops metallic luster when fixed to the recording medium and the recording unit is configured to perform recording on both sides of the recording medium;
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to one side of the recording medium and indicating an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the one side and to obtain information related to the other side of the recording medium opposite from the one side, wherein the information related to the other side is about an amount of the recording agent to be used in recording an image to be recorded on the other side;
- a setting unit configured to set recording order;
- a storage unit configured to receive, from an external apparatus, data on the image to be recorded on the one side and the image to be recorded on the other side on the recording medium, and to store the data, wherein the received data has recording order;
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- a notification control unit;
- wherein, in a case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the other side, the setting unit sets the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on a first side of the recording medium, the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on a second side of the recording medium opposite from the first side,
- wherein, in the case where the amount of the recording agent indicated by the obtained information related to the one side is not greater than the amount of the recording agent indicated by the information related to the other side, the setting unit sets the recording order so that, after the image to be recorded on the one side is recorded on the first side, the image to be recorded on the other side is recorded on the second side, and
- wherein, in a case where recording order of the data set by the setting unit is different from the recording order of the data received by the storage unit, the notification control unit causes a notification unit to notify a user that the recording order is changed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.