Hitachi, Ltd.

Tomoe Sasayama

Tatsuki Inuzuka

Keisuke Nakashima

Yasuyuki Kojima

Shinichi Shinoda

Shogo Matsumoto

Hisashi Matsumoto

Yasunori Iwafuji

Tadashi Tamaoki

Toru Takei

Hiroshi Kawamura

Hideki Muroya

Katsubumi Ouchi

Hideo Nakazawa

Takeshi Kobayashi

Eizou Ebisui

Norikazu Takahashi

Atuhiko Urusihara

Kenji Yokoi

Kyoichi Nomura

Naoki Kinoshita

A facsimile apparatus has a transparent plate on which a document may be located. The document is then scanned by a scanner which includes electronic solid state light generation means e.g. LEDs which illuminate the document, with the light reflected from the document being detected by a detector. An electronic signal corresponding to an image of the document may then be transmitted to a remote location. Alternately, the facsimile apparatus may be used to copy the document. Cut paper sheets are withdrawn from storage and an image printed thereon by a heat transfer system in which a film of ink is selectively heated. Paper on which an image has been printed is then received on the upper surface of the storage. The facsimile apparatus may also have a document transporter for moving a document past the scanner with the scanner fixed.

Facsimile apparatus and method for processing a fixed document

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Kamakura, Japan

Tomoe Sasayama