Image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a light source;
• means for scanning an original document using said light source;
• image forming means for forming an image on the basis of light reflected from the original document and a light from said light source;
• light control means having a plurality of electro-mechanical transducer elements arranged in a light path from said light source to said image forming means;
• means for generating image data;
• and
• drive means for driving said light control means in accordance with the image data;
• wherein said drive means drives said light control means in accordance with the image data, thereby causing said image forming means to form an image corresponding to the image data, and
• said light source is adapted for forming each of an image corresponding to the original document and an image corresponding to the image data.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• first and second light sources;
• scan means for exposure-scanning a document using the first light source;
• latent image forming means for forming a latent image of the document by using a reflected light from the document;
• image forming means for providing a visible image from said latent image;
• light control means having a plurality of electro-mechanical transducer elemetns, arranged on a light path from said second light source to said latent image forming means;
• and
• means for designating an area of the document to be formed as an image, wherein said designating means includes means for reading the document and designating an area of the document in accordance with data from said reading means;
• wherein said light control means erases a latent image of the document formed by said latent image forming means on the basis of an output from said designating means, thereby to form an image corresponding to the areas of the document designated by said designating means.