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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1992
Minoru Isobe, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multifunctional printer includes a printing portion for printing data on a print medium, a read head for reading data on a read medium, and an enclosed medium carrying passage. The printing portion comprises an electrophotographic record portion. The enclosed medium carrying passage is disposed so as to surround the printing portion and is capable of transferring both the print medium and the read medium. A reversing portion is disposed on the enclosed medium carrying passage to turn the medium upside down. With the arrangement of this multifunctional printer, it is possible to perform double-sided printing on the printed medium and to perform double-sided reading on the read medium. It is also possible to make a multifunctional small-sized printer.