Image reading-out apparatus provided with automatic document conveying apparatus

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• a separation conveying medium configured to separate plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and to convey respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and configured to print characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• a setting medium configured to set a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• a selection medium configured to select either one of a first mode of setting a position of printing characters on said document of said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, or a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of said document;
• a detection medium configured to detect a length of said document separated by the separation conveying medium;
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• a control medium configured to automatically change over the setting mode to said first mode from said second mode when said document has a length equal to or longer than a length of said reading area, and automatically changing over the setting mode to said second mode from the first mode when said document has a length equal to or less than the length of said reading area.

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• a separation conveying medium configured to separate plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and to convey respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and configured to print characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• a setting medium configured to set said reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• a control medium configured to set a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters with said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• a detection medium configured to detect a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not longer than said reading area based on detection information from said detection medium, and when the mode is set to said first mode, said control medium changes over the mode from the first mode to the second mode.

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• a separation conveying medium configured to separate plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and to convey respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and configured to print characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• a setting medium configured to set a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• a control medium configured to set a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters on said document with said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• a detection medium configured to detect a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not shorter than said reading area based on detection information from said detection medium, and when the mode is set to said second mode, said control medium changes over the mode from the second mode to the first mode.

An automatic document conveying apparatus comprising:

• separation conveying means for separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and for conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• character printing means positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and for printing characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• setting means for setting a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• selection means for selecting either one of a first mode of setting a position of printing characters on said document by said character printing means based a distance from the reading area, or a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of said document;
• detection means for detecting a length of said document separated by the separation conveying means;
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• control means for automatically changing over the setting mode to said first mode from said second mode when said document has a length equal to or longer than a length of said reading area, and for automatically changing over the setting mode to said second mode from the first mode when said document has a length equal to or less than the length of said reading area.

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• separation conveying means for separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and for conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• character printing means positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and for printing characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• setting means for setting a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• selection means for selecting either one of a first mode of setting a position of printing characters on said document of said character printing means based a distance from the reading area, or a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of said document;
• detection means for detecting a length of said document separated by the separation conveying means;
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• control means for automatically changing over the setting mode to said first mode from said second mode when said document has a length equal to or longer than a length of said reading area, and for automatically changing over the setting mode to said second mode from the first mode when said document has a length equal to or less than the length of said reading area.

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• separation conveying means for separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and for conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• character printing means positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and for printing characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• setting means for setting said reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• control means for setting a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters with said character printing means based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• detection means for detecting a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not longer than said reading area based on detection information from said detection means, and when the mode is set to said first mode, said control means changes over the mode from the first mode to the second mode.

An image reading apparatus provided with an automatic document conveying apparatus, wherein said automatic document conveying apparatus comprises:

• separation conveying means for separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and for conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• character printing means positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and for printing characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• setting means for setting a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• control means for setting a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters on said document with said character printing means based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• detection means for detecting a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not shorter than said reading area based on detection information from said detection means, and when the mode is set to said second mode, said control means changes over the mode from the second mode to the first mode.

A method of automatically conveying a document comprising the steps of:

• separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• printing, by a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position, characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• setting a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• selecting either one of a first mode of setting a position of printing characters on said document by said character printing medium based a distance from the reading area, or a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of said document;
• detecting a length of said document separated in the step of separating;
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• automatically changing over the setting mode to said first mode from said second mode when said document has a length equal to or longer than a length of said reading area, and automatically changing over the setting mode to said second mode from the first mode when said document has a length equal to or less than the length of said reading area.

A method of automatically conveying a document comprising the steps of:

• separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• printing, by a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position, characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• first setting said reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• second setting a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters with said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• detecting a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not longer than said reading area based on detection information from said detecting step, and when the mode is set to said first mode, the mode is changed over from the first mode to the second mode in the second setting step.

A method of automatically conveying a document comprising the steps of:

• separating plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and conveying respective separated sheets to a reading position;
• printing, by a character printing medium positioned downstream of a document conveying direction from said reading position characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;
• first setting a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;
• second setting a first mode of setting a position of printing the characters on said document with said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, and a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of the document;
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• detecting a length of said document;
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• wherein, in a case that the length of said document is detected to be not shorter than said reading area based on detection information from said detection step, and when the mode is set to said second mode, the mode is changed over from the second mode to the first mode in the second setting step.