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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Yoshitaka Isogai, Kawasaki, JP;
Henry Chin, Portland, OR (US);
Steve McCallion, Portland, OR (US);
Scott Thorpe, Portland, OR (US);
Peter Wyatt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image producing apparatus comprises a paper passage route which conveys paper selectively from a manual paper-feed unit and a paper feed unit, and conveys paper discharged from a print unit, and an image reading unit which reads out images of a document conveyed in the paper passage route. In a usual state, printed output is produced on the paper contained in the paper feed unit of a body, and the manual paper-feed unit is kept vacant, then, there is no need to take out the paper in the case of loading the document to be read out in the manual paper-feed tray. Moreover, the apparatus does not have a paper feed tray, a discharge tray and a paper passage route used only for image reading, which can decrease manufacturing costs, and besides, makes it possible to take up less installation space.