Patent · US Expired

Copying and printing apparatus

US4916486A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1989
Grant dateApr 10, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 24, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S101/37
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A copying and printing apparatus comprises a copying system and a printing system. In the copying and printing apparatus, the copying system produces a copy of a document in an electrophotographic process. On the other hand, in the printing system, an image reader reads an image of the document so as to generate image data according to the read image, a master forming section forms a printing master according to the image data generated by the image reader, and a printing section prints using the printing master formed by the master forming section.

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