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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Satoru Kutsuwada, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In response to the setting of a first face-down mode on an operation panel, a topside pickup roller picks up documents stacked face-up in a document tray to bring the document to a document platen. In response to the setting of face-up mode on the operation panel, a bottom-side pickup semi-circular roller picks up documents stacked face-up in the document tray to bring the document to the document platen. A copying operation is now performed. In a single-side mode, recording sheets are inverted through a inverter path and then discharged in the face-down mode. Depending on the user's preference, the recording sheets are discharged face-down or face-up. In either discharge mode, the order of pages of copied recording sheets is not reversed.