Printer with outsourcing capability for color copies
US9374495B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0055
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printing system includes first and second communicatively linked printers, each including a print engine and a processor which controls the operation of the respective print engine. A scanner, associated with the first printer, scans a hardcopy document and generates image data therefrom. The scanner is for communicating the image data to the first printer. A graphical user interface is provided through which user selections are communicated to at least one of the scanner and the first printer. The first processor has a first mode of operation in which a print job derived from the image data is printed on the first print engine and a second mode of operation in which a print job is exported to the second printer for printing. At least one of the first and second modes of operation is invoked at least in part by user interaction with the graphical user interface.
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