Image recording apparatus, control method of image recording apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

1 . An image recording apparatus comprising:

a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction;

a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;

a temporary memory; and

a controller configured to:

receive image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, the image data being provided from an external apparatus;

determine whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium; and

in a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed:

cause the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium;

perform data combining to combine, into one image data, image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a first page and image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a second page; and

cause the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the one image data obtained by the data combining;

wherein the controller includes a first controller configured to write recording data based on the image data into the temporary memory, and a second controller configured to cause the recorder to perform a recording based on the recording data read out from the temporary memory,

wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an available capacity of the temporary memory is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount,

wherein in a case where it is determined that the available capacity of the temporary memory is less than the predetermined amount, the first controller is configured to sequentially write a plurality of recording data each corresponding to each of the plurality of images to the temporary memory, and the second controller is configured to cause the recorder to perform the recording based on the plurality of recording data sequentially read out from the temporary memory, and

wherein in a case where it is determined that the available capacity of the temporary memory is equal to or larger than the predetermined amount, the first controller is configured to write recording data relating to the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction to the temporary memory, and the second controller is configured to cause the recorder to perform the recording based on the recording data read out from the temporary memory.

2 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the recorder to continuously record the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction.

3 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the controller is configured to delete margins between the plurality of images respectively included in two adjacent pages to cause the recorder to continuously record the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction.

4 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the controller is configured to shift a position, in the conveyance direction, of one or more images of the plurality of images in corresponding pages to cause the recorder to continuously record the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction.

5 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller includes a first controller and a second controller,

wherein the first controller is configured to:

generate a plurality of recording data each corresponding to each of the plurality of images, based on the image data; and

sequentially output the plurality of recording data, and

wherein the second controller is configured to cause the recorder to record the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the plurality of recording data sequentially output from the first controller.

6 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller includes a first controller and a second controller,

wherein the first controller is configured to:

generate recording data relating to the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction, based on the image data; and

output the recording data, and

wherein the second controller is configured to cause the recorder to record the plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the recording data output from the first controller.

7 . An image recording apparatus comprising:

a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction;

a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;

an interface; and

a controller configured to:

receive image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, the image data being provided from an external apparatus;

determine whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium;

in a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed:

cause the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium;

perform data combining to combine, into one image data, image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a first page and image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a second page; and

cause the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the one image data obtained by the data combining; and

in a case where a number of images included in the received image data is larger than a number of images to be combined in the combination-recording input to the interface, to notify that the number of images included in the received image data is larger than the number of images input to the interface.

8 . The image recording apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the controller is configured to:

prompt re-input to the interface in the notification; and

cause the recorder to perform the combination-recording based on a number of images re-input to the interface.

9 . An image recording apparatus comprising:

a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction;

a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;

an interface; and

a controller configured to:

receive image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, the image data being provided from an external apparatus;

determine whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium;

in a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed:

cause the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium;

perform data combining to combine, into one image data, image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a first page and image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a second page; and

cause the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the one image data obtained by the data combining; and

in a case where a number of images included in the received image data is equal to or less than a number of images to be combined in the combination-recording input to the interface, to cause the recorder to perform the combination-recording based on the received image data.

10 . An image recording apparatus comprising:

a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction;

a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;

a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated;

a second accommodation part in which a plurality of sheet-shaped media are accommodated in a state of being stacked; and

a controller configured to:

receive image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, the image data being provided from an external apparatus;

determine whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium;

in a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed:

cause the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium;

perform data combining to combine, into one image data, image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a first page and image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a second page; and

cause the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the one image data obtained by the data combining; and

in a case where image data including one image is received, to cause the conveyance mechanism to convey the sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the second accommodation part.

11 . An image recording apparatus comprising:

a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a sheet-shaped medium in a conveyance direction;

a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-shaped medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;

a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated; and

a second accommodation part in which a plurality of sheet-shaped media are accommodated in a state of being stacked; and

a controller configured to:

receive image data including one or a plurality of images, each of the images being to be recorded on one page, the image data being provided from an external apparatus;

determine whether to perform a combination-recording in which a plurality of images are aligned in the conveyance direction and recorded on a single sheet-shaped medium;

in a case where image data including the plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is to be performed:

cause the conveyance mechanism to convey a single sheet-shaped medium;

perform data combining to combine, into one image data, image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a first page and image data including one or a plurality of images recorded on a second page; and

cause the recorder to record a plurality of images aligned in the conveyance direction on the single sheet-shaped medium, based on the one image data obtained by the data combining; and

in a case where image data including a plurality of images is received and it is determined that the combination-recording is not to be performed, to cause the conveyance mechanism to sequentially convey the sheet-shaped media accommodated in the second accommodation part.