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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1986
Akio Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An original reading apparatus capable of scanning separately a first area and a second area of an original to be reproduced, includes an original supporting table for supporting thereon an original having the first area and the second area; a scanner for optically scanning the original placed on the original supporting table, wherein the first area and the second area is in series in a direction of a scan of the scanner; driver for driving the scanner selectively in a first mode wherein the scanner first scans the first area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the second area of the original and in a second mode wherein the scanner first scans the second area of the original and automatically and sequentially scans the first area of the original; and a selector for selecting one from the first mode and the second mode.