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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Aono, Numazu, JP;
Kazushi Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium, includes a storage unit storing the recording medium and disposed to be drawable toward a front side of the image forming apparatus, a first stacking unit, an image reading unit disposed at an image forming apparatus upper portion, a document stacking unit disposed above the first stacking unit and at an image reading unit front side, and a second stacking unit. The first stacking unit stacks the recording medium having the image and which is discharged toward the front side. The image reading unit reads an image formed on a document having the image formed thereon in advance. The document stacking unit stacks the document. The second stacking unit stacks the document having the image read by the image reading unit and which is discharged toward an image reading unit back side.