Patent ID: 6965458

Claim:
An image formation apparatus comprising: a feeder for feeding an original set on an original tray to a scanning position; a scanner, which is disposed in a main-scan direction, for scanning an image of an original while the original moves over the scanning position in a sub-scan direction, and for scanning an image of an original while the scanner moves in the sub-scan direction; a mirror image corrector for performing a mirror image correction by reversing the image scanned by said scanner in the main-scan direction in a case where said scanner scans the image of the original while the original moves over the scanning position; an image formation unit for forming the image, to which the mirror image correction is performed by said mirror image corrector, on a sheet, the image being formed in a same orientation as an image orientation of the original set on the original tray; a sheet discharger for discharging the sheet in a state where a front face of the sheet faces down; and a binder for performing a binding process to a trailing edge of the sheet discharged by said sheet discharger.