Sample copy system for xerographic reproduction machine

US4181429A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Phillip J. Batchelor · Fairport, US
• Kenneth W. Laskowski · Fairport, US
• Gerald A. Gray, Jr. · Webster, US
• Stephen P. Wilczek · Fairport, US
• Henry E. Mannella · Webster, US
• Edward L. Steiner · Macedon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 1977
• Grant date: Jan 1, 1980
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G15/231
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A reproduction machine for making either single sided or duplex copies, and incorporating automatic document handler and sorter for handling original documents being copied and copies made. To enable copy quality to be checked, either when the machine is stopped or in the midst of a copy run, a sample copy is provided for. Where the sample copy is selected during a copy run, an accommodation in copy billing rate is made.