Patent ID: 6906816
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A printer in which a plurality of types of recording material are usable, comprising: an input section operable to automatically input type information representing one of said types of said recording material, wherein each of said types of said recording material has at least one printing region having a shape or a position which is different than said at least one printing region of other types of said recording material, said type information indicates a size and a type of said recording material, and said input section includes an information recording medium for storing said type information; a controller for designating a printing mode in accordance with said type information, and for printing an image to said recording material in accordance with said designated printing mode, said controller processing said image for laying out said image in said printing region in accordance with said designated printing mode; a printer body; a loading slot formed in said printer body; and a sheet supply container, set at said loading slot removably, for containing said recording material, said information recording medium being secured to said sheet supply container; wherein said input section further includes: a first contact pattern for outputting said type information from said information recording medium; and a second contact pattern, connected with said controller, for contacting said first contact pattern in response to setting of said sheet supply container at said loading slot.