Back to results
US 2007/0177220 A1Published application
Image reading device and an image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakashi Hatano
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An image reading device includes an image reader, which reads an original into image data by scanning the original in the main scanning direction at an image reading width while the original is being fed in a sub scanning direction; and a controller, which inputs reading settings information and set the image reading width to a maximum reading width of the image reader when the reading settings information includes a user instruction for setting the image reading width to the maximum reading width.
Claims20
An image reading device, comprising:
- an image reader configured to read an original into image data by scanning the original in the main scanning direction at an image reading width while the original is being fed in a sub-scanning direction;
- and
- a controller configured to input reading settings information and set the image reading width to a maximum reading width of the image reader when the reading settings information comprises a user instruction for setting the image reading width to the maximum reading width.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image reading device configured to read an original into image data by scanning the original in the main scanning direction at an image reading width while the original is being fed in a sub-scanning direction;
- an image forming device configured to form an image of the original according to the image data on a recording sheet;
- and
- a user interface configured to input reading settings information,
- wherein the image reading width of the image reading device is set to a maximum reading width of the image reading device when the reading settings information comprises a user instruction for setting the image reading width to the maximum reading width.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.