Patent ID: 6181894
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:original feed means for feeding originals stacked on a stacking position to an exposure position one by one;exposure means for exposing an image on the original fed to the exposure means onto a sheet, said image forming means being able to operate in a first mode for forming an image of a single original on a single sheet, and a second mode for forming images of a plurality of originals on a single sheet,wherein said original feed means comprises first feed means for the feeding the originals stacked at the stacking position in turn from a last page, and second feed means for feeding the originals stacked at the stacking position in turn from a first page, andsaid first feed means feeds the originals when said image forming means operates in the first mode, and said second feed means feeds the originals when said image forming means operates in the second mode,wherein the second mode is a mode of forming images of a plurality of originals next to each other on one surface of a single sheet. means operates in the second mode.