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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A copying machine includes an original feeding unit for feeding an original to a platen, a reading unit for reading an image of the original fed by the original feeding unit, a reducing unit for reducing the image supplied from the reading unit, a storing unit for storing a plurality of images supplied from the reducing unit in a predetermined area, an input unit for entering information regarding an orientation of the images of the original, a control unit for use in changing the area where the image is to be stored by the storing unit depending on the information regarding the orientation supplied from the input unit, and a recording unit for recording a plurality of images stored in the storing unit on a single sheet.