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Image forming apparatus with a document image edition function

US4996561A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1989
Grant dateFeb 26, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2009

Classification

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

Abstract

An image forming apparatus operable with an editor which can be mounted on a body of the apparatus together with a document handler and has space for accommodating an editor is defined within the apparatus between optics including a scanner and a photoconductive element located below the optics. The editor is movable into and out of the space through an opening which is formed through the apparatus, as desired.

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