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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1989
Hiroshisa Kitano, Osaka, JP;
Itaru Saito, Osaka, JP;
Ken Matsubara, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Shingaki, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiko Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Enoguchi, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus comprising a copying system for projecting the image of an original document onto a photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image thereon, and a printing system for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member in response to image information received from a data processing machine. This recording apparatus is operable in a printing mode and a copying mode. In the printing mode, recording paper carrying an image printed in accordance with the image information is either discharged outwardly of the recording apparatus or forwarded to an automatic document feeder to serve as an original document or documents. In the copying mode, the or each original document is copied a selected number of times as in any conventional copying machine.