Patent ID: 7003256
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a reading unit for reading an image on an original paper; a paper storage for storing recording pacer of a plurality of types; a recording unit for recording the image read by the reading unit on the recording paper selected from the paper storage; an original information receiving unit for receiving paper information from an information chip which is provided on the original paper and on which the paper information is stored; and a selection control unit for selecting the recording paper to be used for recording the image based on the paper information received by the original information receiving unit, wherein copy inhibiting information related to paper inhibited from copying is previously stored in a storage, and wherein the image recording by the recording unit is inhibited, when the original paper is determined to be paper inhibited from the copying, as a result of a comparison between the paper information received by the original information receiving unit and the copy inhibiting information stored in the storage.