Abstract: Disclosed are a scanner capable of adjusting the focus distance and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scanner may include a focus adjustment structure that comes into an interfering contact with a scanning unit as the scanning unit moves along a scanning path so as to cause a movement of the scanning unit in the direction perpendicular to the scanning path toward and away from the document to be scanned. With such configuration the focus adjustment can be realized using the scanning movement of the scanning unit along the scanning path.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a printing engine installed in the image forming apparatus body and used to print an image on a printing medium supplied to the printing engine, a printing medium supply device having a loading plate to load printing media thereon and a frame to support the loading plate, the printing medium supply device being coupled to the image forming apparatus body to supply the printing media to the printing engine, and a pickup device to pick up the printing media loaded in the printing medium supply device one by one and to convey each picked-up printing medium to the printing engine. The printing medium supply device includes a printing medium aligning unit to push a lateral portion of the printing media when the printing media is loaded on the loading plate, so as to align the loaded printing media. With this configuration, the printing media loaded on the loading plate is automatically aligned by the printing medium aligning unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a scanner capable of adjusting the focus distance and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scanner may include a focus adjustment structure that comes into an interfering contact with a scanning unit as the scanning unit moves along a scanning path so as to cause a movement of the scanning unit in the direction perpendicular to the scanning path toward and away from the document to be scanned. With such configuration the focus adjustment can be realized using the scanning movement of the scanning unit along the scanning path.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a multi-function machine includes a scanner unit scanning data recorded on a sheet of document and a document transport part to transport the sheet of document. A printer unit prints data on a sheet of paper for an output and includes a carrier including a print head with an ink jet nozzle mounted thereon to carry out the printing operation by moving the print head. The driving apparatus includes a driving motor, a scanner driving part driving the scanner unit, a printer driving part driving the printer unit, and a power switching part disposed with the driving motor, the scanner driving part, and the printer driving part. The power switching part selectively transmits a power of the driving motor to at least one of the scanner driving part and the printer driving part.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body, a printing engine installed in the image forming apparatus body and used to print an image on a printing medium supplied to the printing engine, a printing medium supply device having a loading plate to load printing media thereon and a frame to support the loading plate, the printing medium supply device being coupled to the image forming apparatus body to supply the printing media to the printing engine, and a pickup device to pick up the printing media loaded in the printing medium supply device one by one and to convey each picked-up printing medium to the printing engine. The printing medium supply device includes a printing medium aligning unit to push a lateral portion of the printing media when the printing media is loaded on the loading plate, so as to align the loaded printing media. With this configuration, the printing media loaded on the loading plate is automatically aligned by the printing medium aligning unit.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a multi-function machine includes a scanner unit scanning data recorded on a sheet of document and a document transport part to transport the sheet of document. A printer unit prints data on a sheet of paper for an output and includes a carrier including a print head with an ink jet nozzle mounted thereon to carry out the printing operation by moving the print head. The driving apparatus includes a driving motor, a scanner driving part driving the scanner unit, a printer driving part driving the printer unit, and a power switching part disposed with the driving motor, the scanner driving part, and the printer driving part. The power switching part selectively transmits a power of the driving motor to at least one of the scanner driving part and the printer driving part.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a multi-function machine includes a scanner unit scanning data recorded on a sheet of document and a document transport part to transport the sheet of document. A printer unit prints data on a sheet of paper for an output and includes a carrier including a print head with an ink jet nozzle mounted thereon to carry out the printing operation by moving the print head. The driving apparatus includes a driving motor, a scanner driving part driving the scanner unit, a printer driving part driving the printer unit, and a power switching part disposed with the driving motor, the scanner driving part, and the printer driving part. The power switching part selectively transmits a power of the driving motor to at least one of the scanner driving part and the printer driving part.

Abstract: A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure uses a magnetic force and includes a shaft, provided at one side of a cover and rotatably supported by a body. At least one permanent magnet having a magnetic field perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the shaft is fixed to the shaft. A shaft operation portion is provided in the cover for rotating the shaft by about 180 degrees and rotating between a first position and a second position by a user's operation. At least one electromagnet is arranged at a position corresponding to the permanent magnet of the body, thereby aiding the opening and closing of the cover and absorbing any impact using a magnetic force between the permanent magnet and the electromagnet.

Abstract: An image scanning device provided in an electronic apparatus, such as a scanner, a facsimile, a copying machine and an all-in-one machine, to scan a document. The image scanning device includes a scan sensor unit having a contact surface to contact the document and a scan sensor to scan the document, and a cleaning unit to provide an air flow to the contact surface of the scan sensor unit to remove particulate matter from the contact surface.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of a multi-function machine includes a scanner unit scanning data recorded on a sheet of document and a document transport part to transport the sheet of document. A printer unit prints data on a sheet of paper for an output and includes a carrier including a print head with an ink jet nozzle mounted thereon to carry out the printing operation by moving the print head. The driving apparatus includes a driving motor, a scanner driving part driving the scanner unit, a printer driving part driving the printer unit, and a power switching part disposed with the driving motor, the scanner driving part, and the printer driving part. The power switching part selectively transmits a power of the driving motor to at least one of the scanner driving part and the printer driving part.

Abstract: A one-molding frame for a combination printer has a paper feed module frame, a print module frame, a scan module frame, all being integrally formed in a base frame. The one-molding frame is used in an inkjet combination printer having a pickup roller to separate stacked paper sheet by sheet and feed the separated paper, an inkjet head unit to form an image on paper fed from the pickup roller, and a scan part to read a document. The one-molding frame has a base frame with a conveyance path for the paper formed therein, a paper feed part protruding from one end of an upper surface of the base frame to define a stacker on which plural sheets of paper are stacked, and the paper feed part on which the pickup roller is disposed.

Abstract: A hinge apparatus to open and to close an upper member such as an automatic document feeder or an upper cover used in an office machine has an upper hinge fixed on the upper member, a lower hinge fixed at a main body of the office machine, a hinge shaft to rotatably support the upper and lower hinges with respect to each other, and a position-fixing member to fix the upper member in at least one position opened at a predetermined angle by restraining the upper and lower hinges from rotating with respect to each other when the upper member is opened. The position fixing member has a first fixing part to restrain the rotation of the upper and lower hinges from a direction perpendicular to an axis of the hinge shaft and a second fixing part to restrain the rotation of the upper and lower hinges from an axis direction of the hinge shaft.

Abstract: A hinge apparatus to open and to close an upper member such as an automatic document feeder or an upper cover used in an office machine has an upper hinge fixed on the upper member, a lower hinge fixed at a main body of the office machine, a hinge shaft to rotatably support the upper and lower hinges with respect to each other, and a position-fixing member to fix the upper member in at least one position opened at a predetermined angle by restraining the upper and lower hinges from rotating with respect to each other when the upper member is opened. The position fixing member has a first fixing part to restrain the rotation of the upper and lower hinges from a direction perpendicular to an axis of the hinge shaft and a second fixing part to restrain the rotation of the upper and lower hinges from an axis direction of the hinge shaft.