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Image forming apparatus with area selection and confirmation

US4666288A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1986
Grant dateMay 19, 1987
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/36
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus with area selection and confirmation the apparatus including an original table, a transmission light emitting section, provided movably along the original table, for emitting transmission light through the original placed on the original table, an erasure area specifying section for shifting the light emitted from the transmission light emitting section to an unnecessary portion of the original so as to specify a portion to be erased, an erasure area storage section for storing position data indicating the erasure portion specified by the erasure area specifying section, a checking operation designating section for designating a predetermined checking operation including confirmation of the erasure area specified by the erasure area specifying section, a first control section for reading out the position data stored in the erasure area storage section upon designation of the checking operation designating section and for supplying to the transmission light emitting section a control signal for the predetermined checking operation, including confirmation of the specified erasure area based on the readout position data, an original scanning section, an imag…

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