Image recording system and program incorporating first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side

An image recording system, comprising:

• first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side and each capable of recording images independently and ejecting the recorded images to a common recorded item containing portion;
• a start-up controlling portion that performs control such that after any one image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state, the other image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state;
• and
• a start-up order setting portion that sets a start-up order of the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus,
• wherein the start-up controlling portion sequentially starts up the image recording apparatuses in accordance with the start-up order set by the start-up order setting portion, and
• the start-up order setting portion is set such that the apparatus with a color image recording function is preferentially started up from the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus.

An image recording system, comprising:

• first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side and each capable of recording images independently and ejecting the recorded images to a common recorded item containing portion;
• and
• a start-up controlling portion that performs control such that after any one image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state, the other image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state,
• wherein the start-up controlling portion can determine a type of a print job accepted by the image recording system and preferentially starts up the image recording apparatus depending on the determination result.

An image recording system, comprising:

• first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side and each capable of recording images independently and ejecting the recorded images to a common recorded item containing portion;
• and
• a start-up controlling portion that performs control such that after any one image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state, the other image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state,
• wherein the start-up controlling portion can count frequencies of usage of the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus and sequentially starts up the image recording apparatuses in the descending order of the counted frequency of usage.

An image recording system, comprising:

• first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side and each capable of recording images independently and ejecting the recorded images to a common recorded item containing portion;
• and
• a start-up controlling portion that performs control such that after any one image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state, the other image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state,
• wherein with regard to the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus, the first image recording apparatus is a color image recording apparatus including a monochrome image recording function and the second image recording apparatus is a monochrome image recording apparatus, and
• the start-up controlling portion can determine a type of a print job accepted by the image recording system and preferentially starts up the image recording apparatus depending on the determination result.

An image recording system, comprising:

• first and second image recording apparatuses disposed side by side and each capable of recording images independently and ejecting the recorded images to a common recorded item containing portion;
• and
• a start-up controlling portion that performs control such that after any one image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state, the other image recording apparatus is started up and put into a recordable state,
• wherein with regard to the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus, the first image recording apparatus is a color image recording apparatus including a monochrome image recording function and the second image recording apparatus is a monochrome image recording apparatus, and
• the start-up controlling portion can count frequencies of usage of the first image recording apparatus and the second image recording apparatus and sequentially starts up the image recording apparatuses in the descending order of the counted frequency of usage.