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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1990
Toru Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Kadotaro Nishimori, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A copying apparatus produces a composite copy from an original document having a plurality of sheets and a final sheet having a desired format or overlay. The original document and the final format sheet are placed together in the same sheet feeding device. The format sheet is the last sheet in the sheet feeding device. The original sheets are fed to a printing device having a single exposure section. Images on the original sheets are copied onto blank paper which is fed to the printing device from a first paper location. The copies of the original documents are then sent to a second or intermediate paper location. The final sheet having the desired overlay or format is then fed to the same exposure section of the printing device. The copies of the original documents which are stored in the second paper location are then fed to the printing device, and the image on the format sheet is copied onto the paper received from the second paper location. The finished composite copies are then exited from the copying apparatus. The finished composite copies include images from both the original sheets and the format sheet.