Original-affixing device

An original-affixing device for affixing an original onto a scanning cylinder for a drum scanner, comprising a typewriter-like housing for accommodating and securing individual components of the device, said housing having a front, a rear and a lateral region, said housing, in said front region thereof, being provided with a movable original table whereon an original is clampable, and in said lateral region thereof, with two arms articulatedly connected therein and being slidable on guides for bringing said table to the scanning cylinder, said housing, in said rear region thereof being provided with a trough extending in a longitudinal direction, said trough being open at the top for accommodating the scanning cylinder, said trough being of such construction as to be able to accommodate, respectively, one of two cylinders of different diameter, and further comprising a pressure roller extending parallel to the scanning cylinder and serving for pressing the original onto the scanning cylinder during a clamping process of the original, said pressure roller being fixed to two curved swinging arms articulatedly connected to said rear region of said housing and matching the shape of said housing.