Patent ID: 6304342
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G03G,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
An image-processing apparatus, comprising:receiving means for receiving image data;recording means for recording, during a printing operation the image data received by said receiving means onto recording material;manual-feeding means for receiving and feeding manually-loaded recording material of various size, onto which no image data has yet been recorded, to said recording means;inquiry means for, after receiving a print instruction to perform the printing operation and before said manual-feeding means feeds the recording material to said recording means, making an inquiry of an operator of said image processing apparatus and receiving an instruction as to whether said recording means is to record the image data on the recording material fed by said manual-feeding means; andcontrol means for interrupting the printing operation when said inquiry means inquires of the operator and for resuming the printing operation and causing said recording means to record the image data on the recording material fed by said manual-feeding means when an instruction to record is given in response to the inquiry made by said inquiry means.