Patent ID: 6188468
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An automatic document conveying apparatus comprising:a separation conveying medium configured to separate plural documents mounted on a document mounting stand sheet-by-sheet and to convey respective separated sheets to a reading position;a character printing medium positioned downstream in a document conveying direction from said reading position and configured to print characters on said document after discharged from said reading position;a setting medium configured to set a reading area of said document conveyed to said reading position;a selection medium configured to select either one of a first mode of setting a position of printing characters on said document by said character printing medium based on a distance from the reading area, or a second mode of setting the position of printing the characters on said document based on a distance from a rear edge portion of said document;a detection medium configured to detect a length of said document separated by the separation conveying medium; anda control medium configured to automatically change over the setting mode to said first mode from said second mode when said document has a length equal to or longer than a length of said reading area, and automatically changing over the setting mode to said second mode from the first mode when said document has a length equal to or less than the length of said reading area.