Image recording apparatus with provision for blank binding space
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi Nakamura, Tomobumi Nakayama, Hisatsugu Tahara, Satoshi Kuroyanagi, Osamu Iwamoto
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes an input key for inputting a binding mode for binding a plurality of recording sheets; an image forming until for forming an image on the recording sheet, the image forming unit forming the image while providing a predetermined blank space when the binding mode is inputted from the input key; and a binding unit for binding a plurality of recording sheets ejected out from the image forming unit by adding a predetermined cover sheet when the binding mode is inputted from the input key.
Claims14
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an input key for inputting a binding mode for binding a plurality of recording sheets;
- an image forming unit for forming an image on said recording sheet, said image forming unit forming said image with a predetermined blank space on the recording sheet when said binding mode is inputted from said input key;
- a housing unit for storing cover sheets of a plurality of sizes;
- a selecting means for selecting a cover sheet from said housing unit in accordance with a number of said plurality of recording sheets;
- a binding unit for binding the plurality of recording sheets ejected out from said image forming unit by adding the cover sheet selected by selecting means when said binding mode is inputted from said input key.
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit for forming an image of an original on a recording sheet;
- and
- a sheet number data outputting circuit for outputting sheet number data representative of a number of originals;
- wherein said image forming unit forms an image while providing a binding space on a recording sheet, said binding space having a size corresponding to said sheet number data outputted from said sheet number data outputting circuit.
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit for forming an image of an original on a recording sheet;
- and
- a sheet number data outputting circuit for outputting a sheet number data representative of a number of originals;
- wherein said image forming unit forms an image at a reduction factor corresponding to said sheet number data outputted from said sheet number data outputting circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.