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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Hideki Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyuki Osaka, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Okado, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Sugaya, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Oishi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuro Kawashima, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takeda, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device connected to one or more data processing devices is disclosed, and includes a printer unit, a copying unit, a document transport unit for transporting documents printed in the printer unit to a document mounting unit on the copying unit, and a guide member for moving the printer unit between a first position adjacent to the document mounting unit on the copying unit and a second position separated from the document mounting unit. The data processing device sends print jobs to the printer unit, and if multiple copies are desired, the printed documents are sent to the copying unit by the document transport device and copied.