Patent ID: 7593139

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an illumination device provided with a longitudinal light guide, for guiding light introduced from a light source and for emitting the light along a longitudinal side thereof, having a longitudinal reflection member arranged along said light guide for reflecting the light from said light source; a photoelectric converting device having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for reading an image illuminated by said illumination device and for outputting an image signal; a processor for processing the image signal output from said photoelectric converting device; and a controller for controlling said illumination device and said photoelectric converting device, wherein said controller is arranged to further controls each of said processor, a recording head of an image output means, a carriage motor for moving the recording head, a motor for moving a recording medium, a recovery means of the recording head and an image communication means, and wherein said recording head of the image output means is arranged to operate according to a method using thermal energy, and wherein said recovery means includes a recording head cleaning means for keeping said recording head clean.