Copying system having image inputting unit and image outputting unit shared with other image processing systems.

摘要

A copying system is provided in which an image inputting unit (1) and an image outputting unit (2) are connected via a conventional data transmission path (4), and copying operation is performed at the same speed as the conventional standalone copying machine. The image inputting unit (1) has a first communicating unit (61), and the image outputting unit (2) has a second communicating unit (64). Image data is transferred directly from the image inputting unit (1) to the image outputting unit (2) via the first communicating unit (1), the transmission path (4) and the second communicating unit (64) after a copying operation is initiated by a controlling unit (3). A scanning operation of the image inputting unit (1) is performed in synchronization with an image forming operation performed by the image outputting unit (2).