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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1993
Hiroshi Kusumoto, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hideki Ishida, Osaka, JP;
Shoichi Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Nagashima, Osaka, JP;
Mitsugu Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an original placement portion and a reference original portion outside of the original placement portion, a scanning device capable of selectively scanning either the original placement portion or the reference original portion, an image forming device for forming an image in accordance with the scanning device, a selection device for selecting the scanning of the original placement portion or the scanning of the reference original portion, and a reading device for reading an image of the reference original portion formed by the image forming device to evaluate a performance of the image forming device.