PURPOSE: To solve the problem of waste of copying paper and extended copying time by photographing an original from beneath when the original is set to an original tray of the copying machine and displaying that image.

CONSTITUTION: A television camera 3 is installed beneath the glass original tray 2 and a CTR display 4 displaying the image photographed by the television camera is installed on the upper part of the copying machine 1. Then, when the original A is set on the original tray 2, the original is photographed from beneath by the television camera 3, and as the photographed image is stored by an image memory, the stored content is displayed on the CTR display 4. At this time, if a magnification/reduction copying switch 6 is operated by an operator, its content (magnification factor or reduction factor) is discriminated by a copying switch discrimination circuit, and the corresponding processing is carried out for the image within the image memory by an image processing part.