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AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenichi Arai, Kenji Shibazaki, Tsuneo Kitagawa, Tomoji Murata, Kenzo Nagata
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A copying apparatus which is equipped with a scanning system control device including means for judging sizes of copy paper sheets employed, means for detecting copying magnifications, and means for controlling movement of the scanning system of the copying apparatus so as to correspond to the area available for copying or copying coverage to be determined by the judged size and detected copying magnification. The movement of the scanning system is not controlled by the size of the original or copy paper sheet itself, but is regulated to correspond to the area available for the copying on an original platform to be determined by the copy paper size and copying magnification.
An electrophotographic copying apparatus which comprises an original platform of transparent plate material, an optical system having a light source for illuminating an original to be copied from under surface of said original platform and reflecting mirrors and lens assembly for directing light-wise image of the original illuminated by said light source onto a photoreceptor, means for scanning the original including means for relatively moving said optical system and said original platform, means for selecting copying magnifications at least including mechanism for varying moving speed of said original scanning means, copy paper loading section capable of loading thereon copy paper of at least more than two different sizes, and control device for controlling scanning movement at least of said original scanning means, said control device further comprising:
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