Patent ID: 7800788

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image reading portion including: a box-shaped first housing having a reading surface; and a scanning device disposed inside the first housing and configured to move along the reading surface, the image reading portion reading a first image on a document by displacing the document and the scanning device relatively to each other; an image recording portion including: a recording medium supply device which accommodates a recording medium; a feeding mechanism which feeds the recording medium fed out of the recording medium supply device; a recording device which records a second image on the recording medium fed by the feeding mechanism; and a second housing which incorporates at least the feeding mechanism and the recording device, wherein the apparatus is configured to be placed on a rest surface in a substantially upright position, and the image reading portion is configured to pivot relative to the image recording portion between an upright position in which the image reading portion reads the first image on the document with the reading surface of the first housing opposing the image recording portion, and a horizontal position in which the image reading portion reads the first image on the document with the reading surface of the first housing facing upward.