Patent ID: 7102766

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus for forming an image on a wide recording material, which is wider than a corresponding standard fixed-form size recording material having a predetermined fixed-form size, based on an original image recorded on a document, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of recording material storing units, each of which is adapted to store a type of recording material; an input section for inputting information regarding a size of said types of recording material stored in said recording material storing units as setting information corresponding respectively to said recording material storing units; a memory section to store said setting information corresponding to each of said recording material storing units; and a control section to determine controlling conditions based on said setting information and to control operations of said image-forming apparatus based on said controlling conditions; wherein said setting information corresponding to the wide recording material includes said predetermined fixed-form size of said corresponding standard fixed-form size recording material that is narrower than the wide recording material and longitudinal and lateral lengths of said wide recording material; wherein inputting the setting information corresponding to the wide recording material includes a first step of inputting said predetermined fixed-form size of said corresponding standard fixed-form size recording material into said input section, and a second step of inputting said longitudinal and lateral lengths of said wide recording material into said input section; and wherein, when said longitudinal and lateral lengths inputted at said second step are shorter than longitudinal and lateral lengths of said standard fixed-form size recording material inputted at said first step, said input section rejects the inputting operation of said longitudinal and lateral lengths.