Patent ID: 7388692

Claim:
A color image processing device, comprising: a plurality of line sensors provided in parallel with a main scanning direction at a prescribed interval between one another; means for accumulating output values of the line sensors received at a prescribed cycle; means for transferring relatively an original document and sampling positions of the line sensors; means for generating image data according to a rate of magnification for scanning the original document in accordance with the output values received from each of the line sensors; means for controlling the means for transferring under one of a first mode and a second mode, wherein under the first mode, the means for controlling controls a relative transferring speed of the original document and the sampling positions of the line sensors by the means for transferring so that the output values can be acquired at a plurality of timings while the sampling positions of the line sensors transfer a prescribed distance with respect to the original document, and under the second mode, the means for controlling controls the transferring speed so that one of the output values can be acquired while the sampling positions of the line sensors transfer the prescribed distance with respect to the original document; and means for moving the means for controlling under one of the first mode and the second mode designated by a user by receiving the designation of one of the first mode and the second mode from the user.