EP0478340A2
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Electronic reprographic printing system
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-27
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-09-27
Abstract
Abstract An electronic reprographic printing system that allows the sending of messages with a print job from remote user workstations to a central reprographic printing machine. The messages can be displayed on a User Interface, such as a video monitor, and additionally printed on a break page of the print job. Also disclosed is a system for sending messages that is capable of faulting a print job until the reprographic system operator acknowledges receipt of the message. The various messages can instruct the system operator to use a particular medium for the print job, for example, or instruct the system operator how to finish (bind, wrap, etc.) a print job.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey Reed
- 👤 Thomas B. Zell
- 👤 Randall R. Hube
- 👤 Patricia A. Prokop
- 👤 Paul Rulli
- 👤 Paul J. Valliere
- 👤 Nancy K. Mcenterfer Rees
- 👤 Elizabeth A. Bennett
- 👤 Ernest L. Legg
- 👤 Harriet H. Carter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 16:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00397; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00411; H04N1/00413; H04N1/00416; H04N1/00419; H04N1/00424; H04N1/00432; H04N1/00437; H04N1/00474; H04N1/00477; H04N1/00482; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N1/32609; H04N1/32625; H04N1/32635; H04N1/32646; H04N1/32651; H04N1/32657; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3222; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3242; H04N2201/3261; H04N2201/3271; H04N2201/3273; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
An electronic reprographic printing system, including creating means for creating a set of electronic page images, sending means for sending the electronic page images from a remote location to a control means of an electronic reprographic printer, characterised by message sending means for sending electronic messages along with the electronic page images from the remote location to the control means, storing means for storing the electronic page images and electronic messages within the control means, and converting means for converting the electronic page images into printed pages, wherein the control means controls the storing means and the converting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
80 words
An electronic reprographic printing system, including scanning means for scanning a set of original documents which comprise a print job, storing means for electronically storing in memory images of the scanned documents as electronic pages, converting means for converting electronic images into printed pages, and control means for controlling the scanning means, storing means, and converting means, characterised by message sending means for electronically sending messages from a remote location, said message sending means electronically cooperating with said control means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, characterised in that said converting means comprises message printing means for printing the electronic messages sent from a remote location onto pages at the end of the print job.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised by operator interaction means for allowing a reprographic system operator to interact with the control means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that the operator interaction means comprises a display means for displaying the electronic messages for review by the reprographic system operator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the message sending means comprises an operator message sending means and a controller message sending means, wherein the operator message sending means sends messages to be viewed by the system operator; and wherein the controller message sending means sends messages to the control means instructing the control means to perform control functions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that the operator interaction means is a video monitor combined with an operator input device selected from the group consisting of a touch screen, keyboard and mouse.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that the control means comprises operator message formatting means for linking, prioritizing and truncating related operator messages for display on the display means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that the control means comprises a faulting means for stopping the converting means from operating in response to a fault message generated by the controller message sending means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
An electronic reprographic printing system as claimed inclaim 9, characterised in that the operator interaction means comprises a message receipt acknowledgment means for acknowledging receipt of the operator message and for instructing the control means to restart the converting means.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for sending messages in an electronic reprographic printing system, including creating a set of electronic page images which comprise a print job, sending the electronic page images from a remote location to a controller of an electronic reprographic printer, characterised by sending electronic messages with the electronic page images from the remote location to the controller, storing in memory the electronic page images and electronic messages, converting the electronic page images from electronic pages into printed pages, and wherein the control means controls the storing means and converting means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method as claimed in claim 11, characterised in that the step of converting the electronic page images into printed pages comprises the step of converting the electronic messages into printed pages after converting the electronic page images.
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