ORIGINAL READ SECTION FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an original read section for an image forming device that can prevent a read image at rereading from being deteriorated without being affected by a start-up characteristic of a motor by clarifying a position at which original reading is once stopped. SOLUTION: Carved seals 8, 8B by which a position of an original winding drum and a platen glass plate in a subscanning direction can be recognized are provided at a readable position of the original winding drum 1 supporting the original at reading of the original P using the read sensor and the platen glass 21 as soon as a read sensor CIS 22 can read an original along the subscanning direction of the read sensor.