Patent ID: 6031632
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus, comprising:input means for inputting information relating to a layout of a mark sheet having thereon a plurality of index cells each containing a document index image corresponding to a document image to be retrieved from or stored in a document storage apparatus, and having thereon check columns on which a user can manually designate retrieval or storage of the document corresponding to the document index images on the mark sheet;generation means for generating a format in accordance with information input from said input means; andmeans for storing the plurality of document index images and document images;image forming means for forming the format generated by said generation means on a sheet to form the mark sheet having thereon a plurality of index cells each containing a document index image corresponding to a document image, stored in said storing means, to be retrieved from or stored in a document storage apparatus, and having thereon check columns on which a user can manually designate retrieval or storage of the document corresponding to the document index images on the mark sheet,said image forming means reading the document index images from said storing means and synthesizing each document index image with an index cell to form a plurality of index cells each containing a document index image therein,wherein said input means inputs the number of cells to be recorded on a single mark sheet, and said generation means generates a format in which index cells having a size corresponding to the number of index cells input from said input means are arranged, or said input means inputs data relating to the size of the index cells, and said generation means generates a format in which index cells whose number corresponds to the size of the index cells input from said input means are arranged.