Document copier with job queing
US5097341A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3297
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document copier includes a scanner adapted to convert images on hard copy pages of original documents to a series of image-characteristic electrical signals, and a writer adapted to form reproductions of original images according to received series of electrical data signals. Electronic memory receives image-characteristic signals from the scanner, stores the received image-characteristic signals for a plurality of original document pages, and applies electrical data signals according to the stored image-characteristic signals to the writer. The image-characteristic signals stored by the memory are organized into jobs according to operator instructions such that at least one subsequent job can be loaded into the memory while electrical data signals according to a prior job are being applied to the writer from the memory.
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