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US 2022/0353382 A1Published application
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorKenji KAWATSU
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a reader that reads an image formed on a print medium; and a backing part that is disposed at a position facing the reader and is capable of switching a color of a portion to be a background of the print medium upon reading by the reader to a plurality of colors according to a type of the print medium and/or a color read from the print medium.
Claims9
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reader that reads an image formed on a print medium;
- and
- a backing part that is disposed at a position facing the reader and is capable of switching a color of a portion to be a background of the print medium upon reading by the reader to a plurality of colors according to a type of the print medium and/or a color read from the print medium.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance path that conveys a print medium,
- an image former that is disposed at a first position in a middle of the conveyance path and forms an image on the print medium,
- a reader that is disposed at a second position downstream of the first position in the middle of the conveyance path in a conveyance direction and reads the image formed on the print medium by the image former;
- and
- a backing part that is disposed at a position facing the reader across the conveyance path and is capable of switching a color of a portion to be a background of the print medium upon reading by the reader to a plurality of colors according to a type of the print medium and/or a color read from the print medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.