Patent ID: 6574011
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image formation apparatus comprising:feed means for feeding an original set on an original tray through a read position; read means for reading an image of the original while the original passes through the read position in a sub-scan direction by said feed means, said read means being disposed in a main-scan direction; mirror image correction means for performing a mirror image correction by reversing the image read by said read means in the main-scan direction when said read means reads the image of the original while the original passes through the read position; image formation means for forming the image, to which the mirror image correction is performed by said mirror image correction means, on a sheet fed in the sub-scan direction, the image being formed in a same orientation as an image orientation of the original set on said original tray; sheet reverse means for reversing the sheet upside down on which the image has been formed by said image formation means; discharge means for discharging the sheet reversed by said sheet reverse means onto a stack means; and binding means for performing a binding process at a trailing edge of the sheet stacked on said stack means.