Magnification selecting device in a photocopier

Claim 1

In a photocopier including a magnification level indicator, an up control key for increasing the magnification level indication of the magnification level indicator with a fixed rate of increase, a down control key for reducing the magnification level indication of the magnification level indicator with a fixed rate of decrease, and copying means for providing a photocopy of an original document at the magnification level indicated by the magnification level indication of the magnification level indicator, the improvement comprising: first means, responsive to actuation of the up control key, for determining the amount by which the magnification level indication differs from a predetermined magnification level indication; second means, responsive to determination by said first means that the magnification level indication is less than the predetermined magnification level indication by a predetermined amount, for causing the magnification level indication to increase with a rate of increase less than the fixed rate of increase; third means, responsive to actuation of the down control key, for determining the amount by which the magnification level indication differs from the predetermined magnification level indication; and fourth means, responsive to determination by said third means that the magnification level indication is greater than the predetermined magnification level indication by a predetermined amount, for causing the magnification level indication to decrease with a rate of decrease less than the fixed rate of decrease.