US 8,134,757 B2 · Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a document loading tray that loads a document; a document transport path that transports the document; an image reading unit that is disposed in the document transport path and reads an image of the document; a document output tray into which the document that has been transported on the document transport path is ejected; a recording medium loading tray into which a recording medium is loaded; a recording medium transport path on which the recording medium is transported; an image recording unit that is disposed in the recording medium transport path and records an image on the recording medium; and a recording medium output tray into which the recording medium that has been transported on the recording medium transport path is output. The recording medium loading tray is disposed between the document loading tray and the document output tray.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a document loading tray that loads a document;
a document transport path that transports the document;
an image reading unit that is disposed in the document transport path and reads an image of the document;
a document output tray into which the document that has been transported on the document transport path is ejected;
a recording medium loading tray into which a recording medium is loaded;
a recording medium transport path on which the recording medium is transported;
an image recording unit that is disposed in the recording medium transport path and records an image on the recording medium on the basis of image signals of the image that the image reading unit has read or input signals from the outside;
and
a recording medium output tray into which the recording medium that has been transported on the recording medium transport path is output, the recording medium loading tray being disposed between the document loading tray and the document output tray in a vertical direction.

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An image forming apparatus comprising:

a document transport path that transports a document;
an image reading unit that is capable of moving with respect to a document that has been placed in a fixed position and reading an image of that document and that reads an image of a document that is transported by the document transport path;
a document output tray that, with respect to a reading surface of the document that is placed in a fixed position, is disposed on a side that is opposite to the image reading unit and into which a document that has been transported by the document transport path is ejected;
a recording medium transport path that transports a recording medium;
an image recording unit that records an image on a recording medium that is transported by the recording medium transport path on the basis of image signals of an image that the image reading unit has read or input signals from the outside;
and
a recording medium output tray that, with respect to the reading surface of the document that is placed in the fixed position, is disposed on the side that is opposite to the image reading unit and into which a recording medium that the recording medium transport path has transported is output.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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