FACSIMILE DEVICE WITH PROVISIONS FOR DIRECT VIEWING OF AN INTERMEDIATE RECORD

摘要

The invention provides apparatus for displaying and printing information applied thereto via an image conversion system which forms part of the apparatus and which involves the mechanical scanning of a primary image by a detector unit. A magnetic recording head assembly mechanically coupled to the detector unit and electrically coupled to the image conversion system scans a magnetic recording surface in synchronism with the scanning action of the detector unit to build up a magnetic image subsequently displayed by dusting with magnetic powder which adheres to the magnetic image and which is wholly transferable therefrom to a permanent record. The primary and permanent images as viewed are the same way round.