An original reading apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read an original placed on a platen while moving in a predetermined direction in a housing; a sensor provided in the housing and configured to detect presence of the original in a predetermined position on the platen to identify a size of the original; a holding member movable in the housing and configured to hold the sensor and a cable extending from the sensor; and a cover configured to cover a predetermined space on a rear side of the platen mounted to the housing. A grip portion used by an operator to move the holding member is provided at one end of the holding member extending to the predetermined space through an opening portion in a wall on a rear side of the housing. When the cover is removed, the operator is allowed to grip the grip portion.

In a case where it is determined that image processing on image data is executed not in parallel with other image processing different from the image processing and printing of an image of the document is started after reading of an image of a first page of the document is completed, a transfer rate of image data from an image reading unit to an image processing unit is set to a predetermined transfer rate. Whereas in a case where it is determined that the image processing on image data is executed not in parallel with the other image processing different from the image processing and printing of the image of the document is started without waiting for the reading of the image of the first page of the document to be completed, the transfer rate is set to a transfer rate lower than the predetermined transfer rate.

An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion which is capable of displaying a software key and which is not provided with a hardware key; an input device which is a separate member from the operating portion, which is provided adjacent to a right side of the operating portion when the image forming apparatus is seen from a position opposing the operating portion, and which is provided with a hardware key; an IC card reader which is a separate member from the operating portion and the input device, which is provided adjacent to a right side of the input device when the image forming apparatus is seen from a position opposing the input device, and which is configured to receive user information from an IC card; and a holding member configured to integrally hold the input device and the IC reader.

An image reading apparatus includes a housing; a transparent plate that is provided in an opening formed in an upper part of the housing and on which an original is placed; an image reading unit that is disposed inside the housing and that scans in a main scanning direction while moving in a sub-scanning direction to read an image of the original placed on the transparent plate; a flexible flat cable having one end that is connected to a control board on which an electronic component that is configured to process the image read by the image reading unit is mounted and the other end that is connected to the image reading unit, the flexible flat cable being configured to electrically connect the image reading unit and the control board, the flexible flat cable being disposed such that a width direction of the flexible flat cable crosses a surface of the transparent plate, the flexible flat cable being partially fixed to a side wall of the housing facing the image reading unit in the main scanning direction; and a holding portion configured to hold a part of the flexible flat cable, the holding portion holding the part between a part fixed to the side wall and the other end, of the flexible flat cable, the holding portion being formed on an end face of the image reading unit in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the holding portion holds the flexible flat cable such that a distance in the main scanning direction between a position at which the holding portion holds a lower end of the flexible flat cable in the width direction and the side wall is longer than a distance in the main scanning direction between a position at which the holding portion holds an upper end of the flexible flat cable in the width direction and the side wall.

An original reading apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read an original placed on a platen while moving in a predetermined direction in a housing; a sensor provided in the housing and configured to detect presence of the original in a predetermined position on the platen to identify a size of the original; a holding member movable in the housing and configured to hold the sensor and a cable extending from the sensor; and a cover configured to cover a predetermined space on a rear side of the platen mounted to the housing. A grip portion used by an operator to move the holding member is provided at one end of the holding member extending to the predetermined space through an opening portion in a wall on a rear side of the housing. When the cover is removed, the operator is allowed to grip the grip portion.

A printing apparatus includes: a motor; a printing mechanism; a print processor; a connector; a substrate that transmits a signal received via the connector to the print processor, the print processor and the connector being mounted on the substrate; a plurality of metal plates that separate the substrate from the motor. The metal plates surround the substrate. The cable is coupled to the connector via a through-hole. The through-hole is covered with a metal cover.

An upper unit configured to open and close an upper portion of a lower unit includes: a first reading unit disposed in a medium transport path, the first reading unit being configured to read a surface of a transported medium; a substrate coupled to the first reading unit; a cable having one end and another end, the one end being coupled to a first coupling portion of the first reading unit, the other end being coupled to a second coupling portion of the substrate; and a facing portion facing the lower unit in a state in which the upper unit is closed, the facing portion being configured to be attached to and detached from the upper unit. The cable is disposed at a position exposed when the facing portion is detached from the upper unit.

An image reading apparatus includes: a housing including a processing unit configured to process image information; an opening and closing member openably and closably provided on the housing, the opening and closing member including a reading unit configured to read an image from an image holding medium and configured to obtain image information from the image; a connection member that electrically connects the reading unit and the processing unit; and a protective member including a first protective member rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and a second protective member rotatably supported by the housing and rotatably connected to the first protective member, wherein rotation axial directions of the first protective member and the second protective member are the same direction as a rotation axial direction of the opening and closing member, and the connection member is accommodated in the protective member and protected by the protective member.

A system and a method using matrix barcode information to process documents are provided. A document-processing apparatus generates matrix barcode information and establishes a wireless link with a mobile apparatus through the matrix barcode information. When the document-processing apparatus establishes the wireless link with the mobile apparatus, the document-processing apparatus creates a file transfer zone, performs a corresponding automatic document-processing action, such as scanning or printing, according to a driving command received from the mobile apparatus, and exchanges the generated image information with the mobile apparatus through the file transfer zone. Given the matrix barcode information, the document-processing apparatus can be directly controlled by the mobile apparatus to achieve direct information exchange and enhanced efficiency and security of the document-processing system.

In a multifunction peripheral, image data generated by a scanner section is transferred to an image processor via a data bus. If it is determined that an image processing and another image processing are not executed in parallel, the transfer rate of image data is set to a first transfer rate, whereas if it is determined that the image processing and the other image processing are executed in parallel, one of a plurality of different transfer rates lower than the first transfer rate is selected based on a result of determination of whether or not settings associated with the image processing are predetermined settings and a result of determination of whether or not settings associated with the other image processing are other predetermined settings, and the transfer rate of image data is set to the selected one.