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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5384886 | Process for electronically printing envelopes Process for electronically printing envelopes in which a list of recipient and sender names and addresses are stored in libraries in memory for selective accessing when programming an envelope print job, with programming control to adjust the location of ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5345581 | Process for replacing storage media in electronic printing systems An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files with booting process for booting the system to a running condition, the booting process detecting a previously replaced or misplaced disk and in response thereto, enabling booti... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5309558 | Set addressing for electronic printing machines A process of addressing sets in which a list of M addresses is stored in a memory of a printer and the printer is programmed to print one or more sets of N prints on print media. A print outline, with a selected identifiable area superimposed thereon, is ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5273434 | System for training technicians for servicing electronic printers and printing systems A system for on-site training of technicians to service copying and printing machines in which certain training exercises are stored in the memory of each machine, with access and selection of a training exercise enabled through the machine programming co... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271065 | Electronic printing system for printing signatures 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 ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5260805 | Process for identifying programming conflicts in electronic printing systems An electronic printing system with a touchscreen for programming print jobs using job tickets displayed on the screen, the job tickets having various job programming choices together with scaled representations of the print image superimposed on the print... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5257377 | Process for automatically migrating a subset of updated files from the boot disk to the replicated disks An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files in which upgraded software together with software identification data is written to a first of the disks, the system booted from the first disk, and the upgraded software therea... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5249288 | Process for accommodating bad disk pages in an electronic printing system An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files, each disk having a bad page table, from the individual disk bad page tables, generating a composite bad page table, providing a common allocation table for controlling allocati... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5243518 | Document services architecture A layered document services architecture facilitating operation and interconnection of electronic printing systems with both resident and non-resident work inputs.... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5241672 | System using the storage level of file updates in nonvolatile memory to trigger saving of RAM to disk and using the file updates to reboot after crash An electronic printing system with plural hard disks for storing system files in which file management information is held in a Volume Allocation Table in internal system RAM memory with file management updates queued in NVM, with the contents of the Volu... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5213871 | Moisture proof thermally actuated binding tape for books A moisture proof binding tape for edge binding pages to form a book consisting of a non-permeable temperature resistant foil layer covering one side of the backing strip forming a moisture barrier, a high temperature steam resistance adhesive between the ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5212786 | File compaction process for electronic printing systems A method is provided in which a volume allocation table (VAT) is constructed in a system memory on the basis of those files stored on a plurality of disks. In constructing the VAT of the system memory, contiguous (i.e., single run) files are first allocat... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210571 | System for servicing electronic printers and printing systems A process for enhancing detection and correction of faults when servicing copying and printing systems by allowing a service technician to run customer type jobs as test jobs, but with the job program selections that the technician is allowed to make rest... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5191429 | Electronic printing system for printing multiple images with determination of the maximum number of reduced size images to be optimally printed on a sheet of detected size without interference An electronic printing system for printing multiple up images in which image signals representative of the multiple up image may be input from a remote source or a small document bearing the multiple up image scanned to provide image signals, the size of ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5175679 | Control for electronic image processing systems A realtime control process for an electronic reprographic system in which background and job requests are dynamically partitioned into unique combinations of virtual machines for carrying out each request, with each virtual machine having certain system s... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5170340 | System state controller for electronic image processing systems A state controller for an electronic reprographic system for controlling system operations when processing requests in which the system has a plurality of hardware and software system components providing discrete services for processing requests and main... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5164842 | Job/page proofing for electronic printers An electronic printer with a scanner for scanning the document pages of a job and converting the document images scanned to pixels, a printer for making prints of the documents from the pixels in accordance with job programming instructions, the scanner a... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5128282 | Process for separating image sensor dies and the like from a wafer that minimizes silicon waste A process for separating image sensor dies and the like from a wafer in which pairs of separation grooves separating each row of dies are formed in the active side of the wafer, with the tab between each groove pair being substantially equal to the width ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5128778 | Fast scan imaging area optimization system An electronic printing system in which undefined photosites at the ends of a linear scanning array are temporarily enabled to thereby increase the width of the scan line when scanning oversized or misaligned documents provided that the unused photosites a... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5119181 | Color array for use in fabricating full width arrays A color chip construction especially adapted for use in fabricating full width arrays in which the individual chip photosites consisting of a blue, green, and red photodiode shaped and positioned to provide a rectangular photosite with square sides that e... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5119206 | System for printing bound documents An electronic printing system for printing bound documents such as books in which the pages of the document are placed face down in registered position on the platen of a scanner programmed to scan either or both sides of the page and provide image signal... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5113260 | Sensor array for both synchronous and asynchronous operation A scanning array capable of both synchronous and asynchronous operation, the array, on a demand for a line of image signals, initiating a single clock cycle consisting of biasing the array sensors, integrating the image line, resetting the array output am... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5105277 | Process for canceling cell-to-cell performance variations in a sensor array A linear image sensor and process having a two stage transfer circuit in which split clock transistor actuating pulses are used to cancel cell-to-cell variations and neutralize undesired couplings of the rising edge of the charges into the transistors.... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5083264 | Process and apparatus for saving and restoring critical files on the disk memory of an electrostatographic reproduction machine System for saving and restoring critical files on the rigid disk of an electrostatographic reproduction machine in the event the disk becomes corrupted wherein the critical files have an identifying header sector transparent to the disk directory, with a ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5081494 | Job supplement for electronic printing machines An electronic printing system having a scanner for scanning documents and converting the document images to image signals, a printer for making prints from image signals, and a programmer for programming job selections including a job supplement selection... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5081595 | Paper supply tray status in electronic printers A high speed electronic printing system in which the number of paper trays for supplying print media is substantially less than the number of different print media selections that can be programmed for each print job, with a system for identifying missing... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5081536 | Image sensor array using two stage transfer having improved uniformity A linear image sensor array and process having a two stage transfer circuit where in order to reduce non-uniformities between the photosite cells of the array resulting from difference transistor thresholds, the bias charge is injected between the first a... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079723 | Touch dialogue user interface for reproduction machines Touch dialogue User Interface (U.I.) for programming a reproduction machine using a touch control CRT screen with display providing a message area, U.I. state selections, and plural tabbed file folders, each file folder when opened in turn displaying a sm... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5063535 | Programming conflict identification system for reproduction machines Programming conflict identification system for reproduction machines using a color touch screen for inputting programming instructions having a job review window for displaying the programming selections made, a message area in which one conflict message ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5057869 | System for scanning signature pages An electronic printing system for scanning signature pages for signature jobs in which the pages of the document are placed face down in registered position on the platen of a scanner such that the signature images are side by side in the fast scan direct... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5045882 | Xerographic setup and operating system for electrostatographic reproduction machines An automatic xerographic set up and monitoring process for a multi-mode electrostatographic machine in which a corona charge intercept value is obtained and used to optimally set corona charging levels for different modes, optimum flash exposure levels ob... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5043827 | Combined asynchronous-synchronous document scanner An asynchronous document scanner with one dimensional scanning array, a movable scan carriage supporting the array for scanning movement, a variable interpolator for interpolating partial lines of image signals from the array with preceding lines of image... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5041920 | Image halftone generation by static RAM look-up table A halftone conversion system for converting digital pixels to binary pixels in which individual matrices in a memory having progressively changing x, y matrices of binary pixels are addressed by an address composed of a block of x pixels including the pix... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5038319 | System for recording and remotely accessing operating data in a reproduction machine System for recording and remotely accessing certain operating data in an electrostatographic reproduction machine for use in analyzing machine faults and software crashes, with transfer of the data to a remote service site either by floppy disk or telecom... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5034083 | Process and apparatus for assembling smaller scanning or printing arrays together to form an extended array Process and apparatus for fabricating an extended scanning or printing array in which plural smaller scanning or printing chips are bonded end-to-end onto the surface of a glass substrate having an opaque thermally and/or electrically conductive coating t... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031032 | Color array for use in fabricating full width arrays A color chip construction especially adapted for use in fabricating full width arrays in which the individual chip photosites consisting of a blue, green, and red photodiode shaped and positioned to provide a rectangular photosite with square sides that e... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5029020 | Scanner with slow scan image context processing A scanner-printer of the type that scans and prints in blocks, each block consisting of a preset number of image lines, in which the block of lines scanned by the scanning array is larger than the block of lines printed by a printing array so that there i... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5018143 | Fault diagnosing and identification system for reproduction machines A fault diagnosing and identification system for reproduction machines in which LEDs are provided on the core PWBs, individual LEDs being activated in predetermined on/off sequences to identify both a faulty PWB and the specific fault itself.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5016171 | Copy cartridge warranty and billing system Customer billing system for electrostatographic reproducing machines in which a replaceable copy cartridge provides a guaranteed number of copies or prints, each cartridge having an integral copy counter which, on reaching a predetermined copy count, is d... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5016050 | Xerographic setup and operating system for electrostatographic reproduction machines An automatic xerographic set up and monitoring process for a multi-mode electrostatographic machine in which a corona charge intercept value is obtained and used to optimally set corona charging levels for different modes, optimum flash exposure levels ob... | 05/14/1991 |
