Patent ID: 7335097
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B41L

Abstract:
1. A document carrier sheet comprising: a support sheet including first, second, third, and fourth edges, and a support surface to support a surface opposite to a reading surface of a document; a transparent sheet adhered to the support sheet to cover the reading surface of the document supported on the support surface, wherein the support sheet is carried with the first edge thereof at a head to optically read an image of the document from the transparent sheet, the support surface is formed in a first color between the second edge of the support sheet and a position shifted by a predetermined distance at least from the first edge of the support sheet toward the second edge opposed to the first edge, the support surface being different in color form a non-support surface of the support sheet formed in a second color, and a plurality of depressions being arranged along a boundary between the support surface and the non-support surface toward the support surface, and the transparent sheet includes a leading edge that is adhered to an outer peripheral portion of the support surface of the support sheet and the depressions.