Image scanning and printing system having a common paper feeding passage
US5712676A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J13/0009
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A scanner printer includes a scanner portion for reading written information on an original manuscript paper and a printer portion for printing written information on printing paper, both of which are integrally combined within a single casing. The respective paper feeding into the scanner portion and the printer portion is performed through a common feeding passage. Thus, the overall dimension of the scanner printer can be downsized. A pointer directs the original manuscript and the printing paper into an original manuscript passage and into the printer portion, respectively. Hence, wear an on a surface of a photo-sensitive drum of the printer portion can be greatly reduced thus maintaining accurate and sharp printing characteristics.
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