Image recording apparatus using mask members and having monochromatic printer portion and manual mask member insertion tray

摘要

An image recording apparatus capable of providing an intended numbers of output copies regardless of the mask member feed mode. A set of the mask members are automatically fed from a laser printer to a color copying portion after the set is produced at the laser printer. Further, another set of mask members already on hand can also be set on a mask member tray, and the another set can be delivered to the color copying portion. The mask members are normally printed with bar codes indicative of the numbers of the output copies. The bar codes can be invalidated in case of the mask feed mode from the tray, and newly input numbers of copies are obtainable in the mask feed mode from the tray.