Patent ID: 6178273
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a conveyor that automatically conveys one or plural of documents loaded on a tray to a document table one by one;a judging unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus is in a manual placing mode where the document is placed on the document table by an operator without the conveyor when a document is placed on the document table before conveyance of the document by the conveyor;a first memory that stores an image on the document table when the judging unit has judged that the image forming apparatus is in the manual placing mode without functioning the conveyor according to consecutive operation of the operator;a first determining unit that determines whether or not the conveyance of the documents by the conveyor is conducted in a document feeding mode, which is based on the consecutive operation of the operator for each document;a second memory that conveys just one document loaded on the tray to the document table, that scans and stores the document image in the first memory when the first determining unit has determined to conduct the document feeding mode;a second determining unit that determines the selection of a plurality of image editing modes with the first memory for the document image according to the operator's instruction;a question display that indicates a question asking whether or not the next document is present, and a ""YES"" key and a ""NO"" key corresponding to the question on the operation panel after the selection of one of the image editing modes by the second determining unit and processing by the first and second memories, and that designates whether or not the next document is present according to the operator's instruction;a reprocessing unit that performs the process of the first memory or the second memory again when the question display designates the presence of the next document; andan image forming device that forms an image on an image medium based on the image stored in the first memory or the second memory when the question display designates the absence of the next document.