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Copying apparatus having an area designating function

US4984020A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00599
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A copying apparatus for optically reading images on the same or different originals and copying them into an arbitrary copy area on a copy paper has an area designating function and includes an image area designating apparatus to designate an arbitrary area on the original; a multiple transfer apparatus to multiple transfer the images in a plurality of image areas designated by the image area designating apparatus; a copy area designating apparatus to designate an arbitrary area on the copy paper and to copy the images in the image areas into the copy area designated; and a color designating apparatus to respectively designate the colors for a plurality of image areas designated by the image area designating apparatus. The images in the image areas are multiple transferred into the copy area by the multiple transfer apparatus on the basis of the designated colors.

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