Image recording apparatus

Claim 2

Image processing apparatus comprising: image reading means for reading image data of an original; storage means for storing a page of the image data read by said image reading means; processing means for processing the image data read by said image reading means, said processing means being operable in a first mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that an image is recorded on a recording material in accordance with the image data, and in a second mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that the image data is stored in said storage means and thereafter is read out from said storage means and is transmitted; and control means for controlling said image reading means and said processing means in such a manner that said processing means performs the processing operation on the image data, while said image reading means performs the reading operation, wherein said control means controls said image reading means in accordance with a storage status of said storage means during the reading operation for the image data of the original by said image reading means in said second mode before the completion of the reading operation of said image reading means.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storage status of said storage means, in accordance with which said control means controls said reading means, is an overflow of the image data in said storage means, and wherein, when said storage means becomes empty to some extend after occurrence of said overflow, said control means controls said image reading means so as to resume the reading operation for the image data of the original which was being read when said overflow occurred.

Claim 4

An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means further controls said storage means so as to erase the image data which had been partially read when said overflow occurred.

Claim 5

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image reading means is operable in a first mode for reading the image data while the original is being moved and in a second mode for reading the image data while the original is stopped at a predetermined position.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 4, where said image reading means comprises original feeding means for feeding the original and scanning means which reciprocates to scan the original in the predetermined position.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said scanning means is fixed at a first reading position in the first mode so as to cause said feeding means to feed the original to pass by said scanning means.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said scanning means passes by the original stopped in the predetermined position in the second mode.

Claim 9

An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said feeding means feeds the original in a second reading position to read the image data from the original by reciprocating said scanning means in the second mode, said image reading means having a platen, and the reading position in the first mode and the reading position in the second mode being located on said platen.

Claim 10

An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said scanning means comprises an image reading device for converting an optical signal to an electrical signal, the image data being read by said image reading device.

Claim 11

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing means includes transmitting means for transmitting the image data.

Claim 12

An image processing apparatus comprising: image reading means for reading image data of an original; storage means for storing a page of the image data read by said image reading means; processing means for processing the image data read by said image reading means, said processing means being operable in a first mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that an image is recorded on a recording material in accordance with the image data, and in a second mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that the image data is stored in said storage means and thereafter is read out from said storage means and is transmitted; and control means for controlling said image reading means and said processing means in such a manner that said processing means performs the read-out operation from said storage means while said image reading means performs the reading operation in said second mode, wherein said control means controls said image reading means in accordance with a storage status of said storage means during reading of the image data of the original by said image reading means in said second mode before the completion of the reading operation of said image reading means.

Claim 13

An image processing apparatus comprising: image reading means for reading image data of an original; storage means for storing a page of the image data read by said image reading means; processing means for processing the image data read by said image reading means, said processing means being operable in a first mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that an image is recorded on a recording material in accordance with the image data, and in a second mode in which the image data is processed in such a manner that the image data is stored in said storage means and thereafter is read out from said storage means and is transmitted; and control means for controlling said image reading means and said processing means in such a manner that said processing means performs the read-out operation from said storage means while said image reading means performs the reading operation in said second mode, wherein said control means controls said image reading means in accordance with a storage status of said storage means during reading of the image data of the original by said image reading means in said second mode before the completion of the reading operation of said image reading means.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said storage status of said storage means, in accordance with which said control means controls said reading means, is an overflow of the image data in said storage means, and wherein, when said storage means becomes empty to some extent after occurrence of such overflow, said control means controls said image reading means so as to resume the reading operation for the image data of the original which was being read when the overflow occurred.

Claim 15

An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said control means further controls said storage means so as to erase the image data which had been partially read when the overflow occurred.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said image reading means is operable in a first mode for reading the image data while the original is being moved and in a second mode for reading the image data while the original is stopped at a predetermined position.

Claim 17

An apparatus according to claim 14, where said image reading means comprises original feeding means for feeding the original, and scanning means which reciprocates to scan the original in the predetermined position.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said scanning means is fixed at a first reading position in the first mode so as to cause said feeding means to feed the original to pass by said scanning means.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said scanning means passes by the original stopped in the predetermined position in the second mode.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said feeding means feeds the original in a second reading position to read the image data from the original by reciprocating said scanning means in the second mode, said image reading means having a platen, and the reading position in the first mode and the reading position in the second mode being located on said platen.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said scanning means comprises an image reading device for converting an optical signal to an electrical signal, the image data being read by said image reading device.

Claim 22

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said processing means including transmitting means for transmitting the image signal.