Output apparatus and method for reading and recording

An apparatus comprising:

• conveyer means for conveying a sheet, said conveyer means including a sheet feed portion;
• detector means provided near said sheet feed portion for detecting a sheet set in said sheet feed portion;
• control means for controlling an execution of a program for recording information on a sheet and a program for reading an image on a sheet;
• and
• deciding means for, when said detector means has detected the sheet set in said sheet feed portion, deciding whether the sheet set in said sheet feed portion corresponds to the program to be executed.

An output apparatus comprising:

• storage means for storing first information to be recorded on an output medium;
• reader means for reading from the output medium fed into said output apparatus second information which has been recorded onto the fed output medium;
• comparing means for comparing the second information read by said reader means with the first information stored in said storage means;
• and
• setting means for setting at least one of an output position and an output orientation for recording additional information inputted from an external source onto the output medium in accordance with a comparison result provided by said comparing means.

An output apparatus comprising:

• storage means for storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium;
• reader means for reading from an output medium fed in said output apparatus second information which has been recorded onto the fed output medium fed;
• comparing means for comparing the second information read by said reader means with the first information stored in said storage means;
• and
• selecting means for selecting additional information to be recorded from information inputted from an external source, based on a comparison performed by said comparing means.

An output method comprising the steps of:

• storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium;
• reading from the output medium second information which has been recorded onto the output medium;
• comparing the second information read in said reading step with the first information stored in said storing step;
• and
• setting at least one of an output position and an output orientation for recording additional information inputted from an external source onto the output medium on the basis of the result of a comparison in said comparing step of the second information read with the first information stored.

An output method comprising the steps of:

• storing first information to be recorded onto an output medium;
• reading from the output medium second information which has been recorded onto the output medium;
• comparing the second information read in said reading step with the first information stored in said storing step;
• and
• selecting additional information to be recorded onto the output medium from information inputted from the external source on the basis of a result of comparison in said comparing step of the second information read with the first information stored.