Patent ID: 6664994
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus comprising means for carrying to carry a recording medium, means for carrying to carry an ink sheet having ink of plural colors sequentially coated thereon, and a recording head for transferring ink on said ink sheet to said recording medium, and said apparatus recording the image by transferring ink to said recording medium by driving said recording head in accordance with image data, said apparatus being capable of recording on a plurality of recording media having different sizes, and being capable of using selectively plural ink sheets corresponding to the plural recording media of different sizes, respectively, said apparatus comprising:means for outputting information to indicate the contents of the operation regarding a recording operation; means for determining to determine at least either one of the size of the recording medium used for recording and the size of the recording medium corresponding to the ink sheet used for recording; and means for controlling to change the contents of indication by said outputting means in accordance with the result of determination by said determining means;, wherein said outputting means outputs information to be indicated by using equipment connected with said recording apparatus, and said outputting means outputs information to display a screen regarding the contents of the operation, and wherein said controlling means controls the output of said outputting means to indicate the contents regarding the recording operation executable corresponding to the size of the recording medium or the size of the recording medium corresponding to the ink sheet in accordance with the result of the determination.