Hybrid document automation system

US7839513B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ojeni P. Sammis · Glendale, US
• Peter Stanley Fisher · Pasadena, US
• Lily A. Ray · Altadena, US
• Alexandra D. Ruegg · La Cañada Flintridge, US
• Alex Chen · Gunzenhausen, DE
• Vazrik Israelian · Glendale, US
• James R. Low · Rochester, US
• Richard T. Horn · Claremont, US
• Mike L Justice · Fredericksburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N1/32545
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A hybrid document automation system manages a hybrid printing job, such as PostScript (PS) job with a mix of color and monochrome (B/W) sheets containing variable data. The print job may contain any number of sets, each differing in size and ratio of color and B/W sheets. The system includes a color printer, a monochrome printer, a print manager, a splitter for separating color pages from monochrome pages in the print job and automatic jam recovery. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided to give a user/operator information on the status of the print job. The system may also include a document integrity system for insuring the correct output of the merged color and monochrome pages.