Image recording apparatus provided with an original reading apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a stacking tray for stacking originals;
• feeding rollers for feeding an original from said stacking tray;
• a light receiving element for reading an image of the original fed by said feeding rollers;
• an image memory for storing information of the image read by said light receiving element;
• a laser modulator for applying a laser beam to a photosensitive drum based on the information read by said light receiving element;
• a microcomputer for controlling said light receiving element to read information of all originals stacked on said stacking tray, and for controlling said memory to store the information, and for thereafter controlling an application of laser beam of said laser modulator based on the information stored in said image memory;
• first discharging means for discharging the originals from said image forming apparatus;
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• second discharging means disposed at a different place from said first discharging means for discharging the originals from said image forming apparatus,
• wherein in case that said image memory does not have room for storing information of originals before the information of all originals stacked on said stacking tray is stored in said image memory, said microcomputer controls an application of laser beam of said laser modulator based on the stored information, and thereafter controls an application of the laser beam of said laser modulator each time information of a remaining original is read by said light receiving element.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a stacking tray for stacking originals;
• feeding rollers for feeding an original from said stacking tray;
• a light receiving element for reading an image of the original fed by said feeding rollers;
• an image memory for storing information of the image read by said light receiving element;
• image forming means for forming an image of a sheet based on the information read by said light receiving element;
• a microcomputer for controlling said light receiving element to read information of all originals stacked on said stacking tray, and for controlling said memory to store the information, and for thereafter controlling said image forming means to form images on sheets based on the information stored in said image memory;
• first discharging means for discharging the originals from said image forming apparatus;
• and
• second discharging means disposed at a different place from said first discharging means for discharging the originals from said image forming apparatus,
• wherein in case that said image memory does not have room for storing information of originals before the information of all originals stacked on said stacking tray is stored in said image memory, said microcomputer controls said image forming means to form images on sheets based on the stored information, and thereafter controls said image forming means to form an image on a sheet each time information of a remaining original is read by said light receiving element.