Image communication apparatus having multiple storage units and control based on detected page number

An image recording method in an image recording apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of first trays for storing sheets and a second tray for storing sheets in which a storage capacity is greater than that of said first trays, comprising the steps of:
• inputting image data of a page unit;
• recording an image onto a sheet in accordance with the image data;
• detecting a number of pages in which one group of images is constituted;
• and
• storing sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in a designated one of said first trays when the detected page number is not more than a predetermined number, and storing all of the sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in said second tray irrespective of designation when the detected page number is more than the predetermined number.

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• input means for inputting image data of a page unit;
• recording means for recording an image onto a sheet in accordance with the image data inputted from said input means;
• a first tray for storing the sheet recorded by said recording means;
• a second tray for storing the sheets recorded by said recording means;
• detecting means for detecting a number of pages in which one group of images is constituted;
• and
• control means for storing the sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in said first tray when the page number detected by said detecting means is not more than a predetermined number and for storing all of the sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in said second tray when the detected page number is more than the predetermined number.

An image recording method in an image recording apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• inputting image data of a page unit;
• recording an image onto a sheet in accordance with the image data inputted in said inputting step, said apparatus comprising a first tray for storing sheets recorded in said recording step and a second tray for storing sheets in which a storage capacity is greater than that of said first tray;
• detecting a number of pages in which one group of images is constituted;
• and
• storing the sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in the first tray when the page number detected in said detecting step is not more than a predetermined number, and storing all of the sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in the second tray when the detected page number is more than the predetermined number.