Electronic copying apparatus for forming multiple images on a single sheet

An electronic copying apparatus comprising:

• document holding means for holding a document to be copied at a given position,
• light source means for exposing said document while being held,
• scanning means for optically scanning said document by relatively moving said document holding means and said light source means,
• latent image forming means which receives light reflected from said scanning means on a rotating photosensitive medium and forms a latent image of said document on said photosensitive medium,
• developing means for developing said latent image to form a toner image,
• transfer means for transferring said toner image onto a sheet of copy paper, and
• fixing means for fixing said toner image transferred onto said copy paper,
• wherein said scanning means includes means for scanning said document a plurality of times intermittently;
• said latent image forming means includes means for forming a plurality of latent images of said document on said photosensitive medium in a continuous manner so that every latent image is displaced on said photosensitive medium for every scanning;
• and said transferring means includes means for transferring a plurality of said toner images of said document formed on said photosensitive medium onto a single sheet of copy paper.