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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Yuji Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiro Iwata, Yokosuka, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processor includes a first image information processing unit which processes image information with respect to a sheet medium. A first sheet medium feeding path guides the sheet medium to the first image information processing unit, and exhausts the sheet medium from the first image information processing unit. A second image information processing unit processes image information with respect to a sheet medium while allowing a head for processing image information to travel serially. The second information processing unit is arranged on a side lower than the first image information processing unit. A second sheet medium feeding path guides the sheet medium to the second image information processing unit, and exhausts the sheet medium from the second image information processing unit. An electric circuit board is arranged below the feeding path of the first sheet medium, and above the feeding path of the second sheet medium. The electric circuit board is arrange on the reverse side of the head for processing image information. In this way, the number of boards and harnesses are reduced, thus reducing cost, and enhancing assembling capability and reliability.