Digital copying apparatus with a personal data storage system
US6181893A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3221
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital image reproduction apparatus including a scanner unit, a printer unit, a memory, an operator control unit integrated in the apparatus and provided with an input device and a display for the user to give operator control commands to the apparatus, a network connection unit for coupling to a network for the purpose of communication with a digital external environment including at least a number of workstations of users, a management unit connected to the scanner unit, printer unit, memory and network connection unit, and, via the network connection unit, to the workstations, which management unit maintains logic storage spaces in the memory, each allocated to a specific user. The management unit, when receiving from a said user's workstation a digital data file for printing, stores the file in the logic storage space of the relevant user and passes it for printing to the printer unit only on a command from the operator control unit, which command identifies the relevant file, and also, on receipt from the operator control unit of an order for scanning, such job being provided with a user identification, stores the data generated by the scanner unit in the logic storage spac…
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