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US 12,547,113 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus with structure to selectively guide print medium to reading member for scanning image thereon
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDuckhyun Ka, Seungjae Lee
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Abstract
An example image forming apparatus includes a printing portion to print an image on a print medium, a gate member at an outgoing side of the printing portion to selectively guide the print medium discharged from the printing portion to a first route or a second route, and a reading member in the first route to read the image from the print medium discharged from the printing portion.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printing portion to print an image on a print medium;
- a gate member at an outgoing side of the printing portion to selectively guide the print medium discharged from the printing portion to a first route or a second route;
- and
- a reading member in the first route to read the image from the print medium discharged from the printing portion, wherein the reading member includes:
- a scan glass;
- and
- a dividing plate opposing the scan glass, the dividing plate defining at least a portion of the first route and at least a portion of the second route and dividing the first route and the second route.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printing portion to print an image on a print medium;
- a reading member to read an image from the print medium discharged from the printing portion;
- and
- a dividing plate, opposing a scan glass of the reading member, to guide the print medium so that a front end of the print medium discharged from the printing portion contacts the scan glass, wherein the dividing plate divides a first route guiding the print medium between the scan glass and the dividing plate and a second route guiding the print medium above the dividing plate.
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A method of controlling an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:
- printing an image on a print medium using a printing portion;
- selectively guiding the print medium discharged from the printing portion to a first route including a reading member or a second route not including the reading member, including a dividing plate dividing the first route and the second route, the dividing plate defining at least a portion of the first route and the second route;
- and
- reading image information from the print medium guided to the first route using the reading member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.