Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Attribute control
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-31
2003-02-18
Lee, Thomas D. (Department: 2624)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Attribute control
C358S405000, C358S471000, C358S488000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06522426
ABSTRACT:
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application makes reference to, incorporates the same herein, and claims all benefits accruing under 35 U.S.C. §119 from an application for METHOD FOR PRINTING IDENTIFICATION CODES OF A SCANNING AND PRINTING SYSTEM earlier filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on the Aug. 29, 1997 and there duly assigned Serial No. 42781/1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method for printing identification codes of a scanning and printing system (such as a multifunctional machine). More particularly, the method for printing identification codes is capable of easily checking whether or not a document is scanned in a machine including a scanning unit and a printing unit, such as a multifunctional machine, by varying the printed positions of the identification codes on the document according to accumulated scan times during which a scanning operation is performed.
In addition, the present invention relates to a stamp printing method for printing identification codes. The method is capable of easily checking whether or not a document is scanned by varying the shapes of the identification codes according to accumulated scan times during which a scanning operation is performed.
2. Related Art
Presently, development and increase in office automation facilities have produced a multifunctional machine in which the office automation facilities are integrally formed to perform the various functions at the same time. The multifunctional machine mainly includes two functions as follows.
The first function is its function as a structure in which office automation facilities required in an office environment (e.g., a facsimile, a duplicator, a printer, a scanner, and so on) are integrally formed. The second function is a more compound function created in association with a computer (generally, ‘a personal computer’ is used), which occupies an important position in an office environment. As aforementioned, the multifunctional machine has a structure in which a facsimile, a duplicator, a printer and a scanner are integrally formed.
On the other hand, a multifunctional machine having an automatic document feeding (ADF) function suffers from a problem in that, while a plurality of documents set in the ADF apparatus are successively fed into the multifunctional machine, some of the documents are overlapped and fed at the same time. As a result, the documents which are overlapped and fed at the same time may be skipped without being scanned. Moreover, users cannot recognize those skipped documents.
To overcome such a problem, a stamp method has been provided. According to the stamp method, when a document has been completely scanned, a predetermined identification code is printed on the document to indicate the completion of the scanning operation with the document. In other words, when a document is scanned by a machine including a scanning unit and a printing unit, a particular identification code is printed at a predetermined position on the scanned document to indicate that the document has been completely scanned. Typically the identification code is ‘CPLT’. However, such a stamp method still suffers from several problems as follows.
First, the identification code is printed at a particular position on the document. Accordingly, when a document is repeatedly scanned, the identification code is repeatedly printed and overlapped at the same position (e.g., the right bottom position of the document). As a result, the user cannot recognize how many times the document is scanned. In addition, all documents may be scanned again because some of them have been skipped without being scanned during the first scanning process. In this case, the identification code is printed in overlapped fashion on the previously printed identification code of the documents that have been scanned during the first scanning, and the identification code is printed for the first time on the documents that have been skipped without being scanned during the first scanning. Moreover, the identification code is included in the documents which have been scanned during the first scanning but not scanned during the second scanning. As a result, the user cannot recognize which documents are skipped during the second scanning.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a stamp printing method which allows an easy check as to whether or not a document is scanned by varying the printed position of an identification code according to the accumulated number of times that a scanning operation is performed when the identification code is printed on the document while the document is scanned by a machine including a scanning unit and a printing unit.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a stamp printing method which allows an easy check as to whether or not a document is scanned by varying the shape of an identification code according to the accumulated number of times that a scanning operation is performed when the identification code is printed on the document while the document is scanned by a machine including a scanning unit and a printing unit.
According to an aspect of the present invention, when the top of a document is sensed, data recorded on the document begins to be scanned while the document is being transferred per predetermined unit. When the bottom of the document is sensed, an identification code printed position at which an identification code corresponding to a stored counting value is to be printed is detected. The identification code is then printed at the identification code printed position. In addition, when the document has completed the scanning operation, the counting value is increased by a predetermined value and stored.
According to another aspect of the present invention, when the top of a document is sensed, data recorded on the document begins to be scanned while the document is being transferred per predetermined unit. When the bottom of the document is sensed, an identification code printed position at which an identification code corresponding to a stored counting value is to be printed is detected, and the number of times that a scanning operation is performed in correspondence to the stored counting value is detected. The number of times that a scanning operation is performed is then printed on the identification code printed position. For example, the document may be transferred per unit of line.
Preferably, the identification code is firstly printed on the left side of the bottom of the document, and then the identification code is printed at a predetermined interval from the first printed identification code toward the right side of the bottom of the document as the counting value is increased by the predetermined value (e.g., by one).
Preferably, the predetermined interval is determined based on the consideration that the identification codes are not overlapped when a plurality of the identification codes are printed on the document.
Selectively, when the identification code printed position arrives at the right side of the bottom of the document, the counting value is initialized so that the identification code printed position is set to restart at the left side of the bottom of the document.
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Bushnell , Esq. Robert E.
Lee Thomas D.
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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