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US 2013/0293907 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaru Aoki, Yuki Nakajima, Hiroshi Kato
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording material; an original read unit for reading an original at a read position facing a conveyance path in which the recording material and the original are to be conveyed selectively, and a control unit for switching a position of the original read unit to a position different from the read position during a period in which the recording material is being conveyed along the conveyance path.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording material;
- a conveyance path in which a recording material and an original are to be conveyed selectively;
- an original read unit for reading an original at a read position facing the conveyance path;
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- a control unit for controlling the read position of the original read unit,
- wherein during a period in which the recording material is being conveyed along the conveyance path, the control unit switches a position of the original read unit to a position different from the read position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.