Pre-scanning printer with paper fingerprinting

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2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Nguyen, Judy (Department: 2854)

Electrophotography

Document handling

C399S391000, C356S071000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07865124

ABSTRACT:
Techniques for scanning and generating fingerprints for articles prior to the use of the articles. The fingerprinting of the articles is performed such that it is decoupled from the process of using the articles. As a result, the fingerprinting process does not act as a bottleneck to the use of the articles. In one embodiment, a printer is provided that is configured to generate fingerprints for paper sheets loaded into the printer prior to the paper sheets being available for printing. The pre-fingerprinted sheets are then made available for printing. In this manner, the process of fingerprinting of the paper sheets is decoupled from the printing operations performed by the printer. As a result, the fingerprinting process does not act as a bottleneck to the printing process.

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