Patent · US Expired

Electronic printing system for printing signatures

US5271065A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1990
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3288
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic signature printing process for an electronic printing system having a source of signature sheets, a programmer to program the system to print jobs including signatures; an input scanner for scanning and converting the documents to electronic images; and a controller to re-order the electronic images to print two electronic images separated by a gutter on each side of the signature sheets, the controller determining from the number of originals and the number of electronic images on each signature the total number of signatures to be printed.

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