Patent · US Expired

Printing and finishing documents

US6249716A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 27, 1998
Grant dateJun 19, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB07C1/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A printer (2; 52) prints documents which, after arriving in a finishing system (1; 51), are detected and finished in an order corresponding with the order in which the documents have been printed by the printer (2; 52). The printer (2; 52) generates verification markings following one of the documents and prior to a next one of the documents. The number of documents that arrive in an interval limited by at least one of the verification markings are counted and compared with a reference number. An error message is generated if the counted number of arrived documents does not agree with the reference number. This makes it possible to monitor whether, after the documents have been printed, any faults have occurred. Further, a system for finishing documents is described.

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