Image communication device

An image communication device comprising:

• a lower chassis;
• a document transport means mounted on said lower chassis and defining a document transport path extending from an upper portion of one end of said device to a lower portion of the other end of the device, whereby a space is left above said lower portion and below a level corresponding to the top of said device;
• a document reading means mounted under a middle portion of said document transport path for reading images on a downwardly facing document being transported therealong;
• an upper chassis mounted on the upper part of said lower chassis;
• a recording paper transport means mounted in said upper chassis and defining a recording paper transport path extending from the other end of said device toward said one end of said device generally parallel to said document transport path and above said document transport path and ending short of said one end of said device;
• a recording means mounted above said recording paper transport path for recording data on an upwardly facing surface of recording paper being transported along said recording paper transport path;
• a recording paper cutting means on said upper chassis at an end of said recording paper transport path toward said one end of said device;
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• a recording paper holder at the other end of said device in said space above the document transport path for holding a roll of recording paper and for feeding recording paper from said roll into said recording paper transport means.