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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1987
Akira Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Yukitaka Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copying apparatus includes an automatic document feeder, a document size detecting part provided on the automatic document feeder for detecting a size of a document, a contact glass on which the document is set automatically by the automatic document feeder, a stopping position control device for controlling a stopping position of the document on the contact glass depending on the size of the document detected in the document size detecting part, an optical scanning device for scanning the document on the contact glass, and a scanning range control part for controlling a scanning range of the optical scanning device depending on the stopping position of the document.