Digital image forming apparatus

Claim 1

A digital image forming apparatus comprising: reading means for optically reading a document which is set thereon and for outputting an image information of the document; memory means for storing the image information from said reading means, said memory means having a memory capacity for storing image information amounting to more than one document; writing means for writing the stored image information from said memory means onto a sheet of paper so as to form a copy print of the document read on said reading means; operation means for successively entering copying conditions with respect to at least first and second documents which are successively set on said reading means, said operation means including display means for displaying the copying conditions entered with respect to one document at one time, the copying conditions for the second document being entered after the first document is read by said reading means and after said writing means starts to write the first document simultaneously as when said reading means starts to read the second document; and control means for controlling operation timings of said reading means, said memory means, said writing means and said operation means so that said writing means starts to write the second document only after the writing of the first document is completed, said control means including means for controlling said operation means to automatically change the copying conditions displayed on said display means between the copying conditions for the first document and the copying conditions for the second document at an arbitrary time.