Seiko Epson Corporation

Konica Corporation

Kohsei Miyauchi

Yasushi Hoshino

Haruyoshi Yamada

Toshiki Fujisawa

Satoshi Harada

Kohichi Yamaguchi

Provision is made of a carrier for holding a piece film cut every after several frames and a carrier for holding a long wound film contained in a cartridge and having a motor for frame-feeding. When the carrier is loaded, the carrier is driven at a high speed by a first stepping motor and is driven to a predetermined position, to optically detect whether the carrier is for holding the piece film or for holding the long wound film. When the carrier is for holding the piece film, the carrier is driven at a high speed by the first stepping motor and is prescanned. When the carrier is for holding the long wound film, the carrier is driven by a second stepping motor and is prescanned. In the main scanning, both of the carriers are driven by the second stepping motor at a low speed, so that image is read maintaining a high resolution.

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Hachioji, Japan

Kohsei Miyauchi