Patent ID: 6246491
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
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 plurality of first trays for storing the sheets recorded by said recording means;a second tray for storing sheets in which a storage capacity is greater than that of said first trays;detecting means for detecting a number of pages in which one group of images is constituted; andcontrol means for storing sheets recorded with the pages in which one group of images is constituted in a designated one of said first trays 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 irrespective of designation when the detected page number is more than the predetermined number.