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.
Claims20
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 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 obtain image data corresponding to the original document;
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- a printing unit that prints an image of the original document corresponding to the image data obtained by the scanner.
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 can be inserted for placement on the document platen for scanning while the document cover is covering the document platen;
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- a scanner that scans the original document on the original document platen to image data corresponding to the original document.
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;
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- scanning the original document placed on the document platen to obtain image data corresponding to the original document.
The method of claim. 17, wherein the document cover includes a second through-hole corresponding in shape and size to a different type of original document than the first though-hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.