Patent ID: 7542176
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A reading/recording apparatus comprising: a shared conveying path used as both a conveying path for an original and a conveying path for a recording medium; an original conveying device that conveys the original to a reading position on said shared conveying path; a reading device that is freely movable between the reading position and a reading standby position away from the reading position and reads an image of the original at the reading position; a recording medium conveying device that conveys the recording medium to a recording position on said shared conveying path; a recording device that moves within a same space on said shared conveying path as said reading device, is freely movable between the recording position and a recording standby position away from the recording position, and records an image on the recording medium at the recording position; a control device that inhibits an operation of said recording device at a start of a reading operation by said reading device; and an operation mode storage device that stores an operation mode, wherein the reading device and the printing device share the same space when the reading device is in the reading position and the printing device is in the printing position, and wherein inhibiting control of said control device corresponds to the stored operation mode having been undated to a reading mode.