Patent ID: 7349127

Claim:
A reading/recording apparatus comprising: a shared conveying path used as both a conveying path for an original and a conveying path for a recording medium; an original conveying device that conveys the original to a reading position on said shared conveying path; a reading device that is freely movable between the reading position and a reading standby position away from the reading position and reads an image of the original at the reading position; a recording medium conveying device that conveys the recording medium to a recording position on said shared conveying path; a recording device that is freely movable between the recording position and a recording standby position away from the recording position, and records an image on the recording medium at the recording position; a conveying medium detecting device that detects a conveying medium remaining on said shared conveying path; a remaining conveying medium determining device that determines whether the detected conveying medium remaining on said shared conveying path is the original or the recording medium; a discharge device that discharges the conveying medium remaining on said shared conveying path; and a control device that provides control to cause said discharge device to discharge the original remaining on said shared conveying path without causing said reading device to move, when said remaining conveying determining device determines that the detected conveying medium remaining on said shared conveying path is the original.