Abstract: A paper guiding device for the discharge of copied original sheets from and mountable on copying machines. Said guiding device comprises first elongated flexible guide means provided with fastening means for mounting adjacent the opening from which the original is discharged, the free end or ends of which extend curvedly and vertically upward and backwardly over portions of the front and top surfaces of the copier; a second elongated shorter guide means mounted along the upper front edge of the copier and extending bidirectionally curvedly thereover, beneath and substantially parallel with a length portion of the first guide means; the original, in being discharged, is caused to move upwardly on and along the first guide means, and then into the passage formed by the overlapping portions of said two guide means and beyond, to the top surface of the copier.