Image communication apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG.
1 is a block diagarm of the facsimile apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the facsimile apparatus comprises an image reading section 100 of an image reading system, a transfer type laser beam printer 200 using an electrophotographic technology (hereinafter called laser printer) of a recording system, and a controller C for controlling the image reading section 100 and the laser printer 200.
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2 is a perspective view of the image reading section 100.
An original document is inserted from an original document inserting section 110 for conversion of iamge information into electrical signals by an image reading means mounted on the image reading section, and is ejected onto the paper output tray 120.
The image reading section 100 is provided with a control panel 130 and the controller C for controlling the image reading section 100 and the laser printer 200.
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3 shows the control panel 130 which performs various functions, such as selection of a standard mode and a fine mode, designation of a mini-fax and a half-tone, dialing of a receiving station, and so on.
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4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an example of the laser printer 200 which comprises an exposure unit 210, a developing unit 220, a paper cassette 230, a transfer unit 240, a fixing unit 250, and a stacker unit 260.
The exposure unit 210 has a laser unit including a laser 211 and a scanner including a polygon mirror 212.
The developing unit 220 has a photosensitive drum 221 and a cleaner 222, the developing unit 220 visualizing a latent image formed on the drum 221 by the reflection mirror 213.
A sheet of recording paper in the paper cassette 230 is conveyed via a paper feed roller 231 and a paper conveying roller 232 and temporarily stopped at a registration shutter 233.
At this stop, the paper feed is synchronized with laser radiation and rotation of the drum 221 and thereafter, the recording paper is fed to the drum 221 via delivery rollers 234