Abstract: The design of a large copy projector is such that its projection path extends rearwardly and obliquely so that the projector and the viewing screen can be viewed side-by-side. This projector uses an opaque copy sheet characterized by a lower specularly reflecting face that is accessible to the optical system from below but that can be marked from above by a chemical reactant ink from a user's pen or the like. Simultaneously, the upper face is unobstructedly available for direct observation and manual access, and the lower face is unobstrusively available for imaging projection through a folded optical path below the copy sheet and a wide angle projection lens positioned at the side of the copy sheet.