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Image processing apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1994-06-20
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Granted: 1997-02-18
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Expires: 2014-06-20
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus is disclosed which is arranged to incorporate a monochrome printer and have a color printer, which is connected thereto through an external interface, wherein a color/monochrome discriminating circuit discriminates whether color images are included in image information to be printed, and the image information to be printed is supplied to the color printer when color images are included and to the monochrome printer when color images are not included.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihiro Shigemura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/23; H04N1/2307; H04N1/233; H04N1/2361; H04N1/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochrome printer and which prints color images of received images; discriminating means for discriminating whether a color image is included in a document including a plurality of received images; output means for outputting said received image data to a color printer according to a discrimination result of said discriminating means, said output means outputting a color page of said received images to said color printer and a monochrome page to said monochrome printer; and means for notifying an output condition of said output means to an operator, wherein the output condition includes at least information relating to which printer a page.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochrome printer and which prints color images of received images; discriminating means for discriminating whether a color image is included in a document including a plurality of received images; output means for outputting said received image data to a color printer according to a discrimination result of said discriminating means, said output means outputting a color page of said received images to said color printer and a monochrome page to said monochrome printer; and means for notifying an output condition of said output means to an operator, wherein the output condition includes at least information relating to which printer a page.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said color printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said monochrome printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output means outputs said image data to said color printer if said discriminating means discriminates that at least part of a color image is included in said received images.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising receiving means for receiving said received images through a line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said line is an ISDN network.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
82 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochrome printer; output means which outputs said received images by selecting one of said monochrome printer or color printer; and visible output means which visibly outputs a state of a printer selected by said output means, wherein said visible output means notifies an operator as to which of said monochrome or color printer is outputting or has output a page.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
82 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochrome printer; output means which outputs said received images by selecting one of said monochrome printer or color printer; and visible output means which visibly outputs a state of a printer selected by said output means, wherein said visible output means notifies an operator as to which of said monochrome or color printer is outputting or has output a page.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said visible output means outputs reconciliation data through a printer other than the printer selected for outputting the images by said output means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said state of print output means a number of pages which are printed by a printer selected for output by said output means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said color printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said monochrome printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising discriminating means for discriminating whether said received image includes a color image.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said output means selects one of said monochrome printer or said color printer according to a result of a discrimination result of said discriminating means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said output means outputs said image data to said color printer if said discriminating means discriminates that at least part of a color image is included in said received images.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said output means outputs a color page of said received images to said color printer and a monochrome page to said monochrome printer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising receiving means for receiving said received images through a line.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
15 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said line is an ISDN network.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochromatic printer; control means capable of changing over a first mode for selecting said monochrome printer or said color printer for each page of a document including a plurality of received image planes and outputting it, and a second mode for selecting said monochrome printer or said color printer for each of documents including said plurality of image planes and outputting it; and means for notifying controlling operation of said control means to an operator, wherein the means for notifying also notifies the operator as to which printer is outputting or has output a page.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
117 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: a monochromatic printer for monochromatically printing received images; a color printer which is separately provided from said monochromatic printer; control means capable of changing over a first mode for selecting said monochrome printer or said color printer for each page of a document including a plurality of received image planes and outputting it, and a second mode for selecting said monochrome printer or said color printer for each of documents including said plurality of image planes and outputting it; and means for notifying controlling operation of said control means to an operator, wherein the means for notifying also notifies the operator as to which printer is outputting or has output a page.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said color printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said monochrome printer is connected through an externally-connected interface.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for notifying notifies the output condition to the operator on a recording medium.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said visible output means notifies the operator on a recording medium.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said means for notifying notifies the operator on a recording medium.
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