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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
May. 20, 1991
Denis J Stemmle, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A scanner having a frame assembly for supporting a movable document reading head for scanning movement in a scanning path in a first direction has a document transport to transport a document through the scanner and a drive to move the reading head across the document to read at least a portion of the document, the reading head having an optical imaging assembly including a frame supporting an imaging platen, the scanner including a floating document backstop opposite the imaging platen and extending across the scanning path to precisely position a document on the platen during an imaging operation. In a preferred embodiment the scanner includes a printing head with a comounted printing head.