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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1990
Takefumi Nosaki, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Sasama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image reading unit for reading image data with movement of a scanner, an image forming unit for forming an image in accordance with the image data from the image reading unit, a first circuit for permitting the image forming unit to execute image forming in accordance with image data acquired by a forward movement of the scanner in the image reading unit, and a second circuit for permitting the image forming unit to execute image forming in accordance with image data acquired by a return movement of the scanner in the image reading unit. The first and second circuits thus permit the image forming unit to carry out image forming in the return movement as well as the forward movement of the scanner of the image reading unit.