Image forming apparatus, reading device, and control method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNoboru Ogino
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a document platen, a document cover for covering the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document can be inserted for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is covering the document platen, a scanner that scans the original document on the document platen to image data corresponding to the original document, and a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a document platen;
- a document cover for covering the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document is insertable for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is at a closed position covering the document platen, the document cover contacting the document platen when at the closed position;
- a scanner that moves along the document platen to scan the original document on the document platen to obtain image data corresponding to the original document;
- a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner;
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- a controller that acquires a scanned image reading position from the scanner and then adjusts the scanned image reading position according to a predetermined size of the through-hole.
A reading device, comprising:
- a document platen;
- a document cover for covering the document platen during scanning, the document cover having a through-hole into which an original document is insertable for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is at a closed position covering the document platen;
- a scanner that moves along the document platen to scan the original document on the original document platen to image data corresponding to the original document;
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- a controller that acquires a scanned image reading position from the scanner and then adjusts the scanned image reading position according to a predetermined size of the through-hole.
A document scanning method, comprising:
- covering a document platen of an image forming apparatus with a document cover having a first through-hole corresponding in shape and size to an original document;
- placing the original document on the document platen without removing the document cover from the document platen by inserting the original document in the first through-hole while the document cover is at a closed position at which the document cover is in contact with the document platen;
- scanning, by moving a scanner sensor in a sub-scanning direction, the original document placed on the document platen while the document cover is at the closed position to obtain image data corresponding to the original document;
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- acquiring a scanned image reading position from the scanner sensor and then adjusting the scanned image reading position according to a predetermined size of the through-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.