Patent ID: 7283285

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a document setting plate which mounts a document; a window which reads a document; an automatic document feeder which feeds a document to said window and allows the document to pass through on the window; a power switch; an exposure lamp which is lit when said power switch is turned on and stands by at a standby position where a light of the lighting is not irradiated at said document setting plate, and which is movably provided along the document setting plate from the standby position; a first reading section which moves said exposure lamp, and optically reads an image of the document mounted on said document setting plate; a second reading section which operates said automatic document feeder in a state of holding said exposure lamp at said standby position, and optically reads an image of the document passing through on said window; and a print section which prints an image to be read by said each reading section on an image forming medium.