EP0208342A1
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Office automation system
Assignee: Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Filing: 1986-03-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-03-26
Abstract
Abstract An office automation system for composing and printing text. In case the presence of the operator at the printer (3) is required (e.g. for changing the type of paper or for watching over the printing of confidential information), the operator can instruct the system to delay the printing action and wait for a command to start printing. The start command may be generated by the printer (3) itself, when a certain required acton has been performed, or by the operator, by means of keying in a code at the control panel (8) of the printer (3). A display (14) at the control panel (8) of the printer (3) may show a message related to the cause of the delay.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald Maria Willem Notermans
- 👤 Paulus Wilhelmus Eugenius Verhelst
- 👤 Charles Lapoutre
- 👤 Hendricus Wilhelmus Hubertus Maria Kessels
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:11
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F21/00; G06F21/70; G06F21/82; G06F21/84; B; B41; B41J; B41J3/00; B41J3/44; B41J3/46; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K2215/00; G06K2215/0082
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
An office automation system comprising - a memory (6) for storing coded information, - a printer (3) which can print coded informaiton on a sheet of receiving material fed to the printing station (9) of the printer, - at least one command inputting device (4) for inputtig control commands for the office automation system, and - a control system (2) which in response to a first control command carries out a printing job, which control system (2) during the performance of the printing job draws from the memory (6) the information specified by the first control command and feeds it to the printer (3) for printing characterised - in that the office automation system is provided with detection means for detecting a specific event caused by the operator with the printer(3), - in that the detecton means in response to a second control command added to a first control command detect whether the event determined by the second control command takes place and, after detecting the said event, send a detection signal to the control system (2), and - in that the control system (2) in response to the second control command postpones the start of the performance of the printing job until the detection signal has been received.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
An office automation system comprising - a memory (6) for storing coded information, - a printer (3) which can print coded informaiton on a sheet of receiving material fed to the printing station (9) of the printer, - at least one command inputting device (4) for inputtig control commands for the office automation system, and - a control system (2) which in response to a first control command carries out a printing job, which control system (2) during the performance of the printing job draws from the memory (6) the information specified by the first control command and feeds it to the printer (3) for printing characterised - in that the office automation system is provided with detection means for detecting a specific event caused by the operator with the printer(3), - in that the detecton means in response to a second control command added to a first control command detect whether the event determined by the second control command takes place and, after detecting the said event, send a detection signal to the control system (2), and - in that the control system (2) in response to the second control command postpones the start of the performance of the printing job until the detection signal has been received.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
An office automation system according to claim 1, characterised - in that the printer (3) is provided with an inputting device (13) for inputting a code by the operator, and - in that the detection means in response to the said second control command detect whether an input code corresponds to a required code and, upon conformity between the compared codes, offer the detection signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
80 words
An office automation system according to claim 2, characterised - in that the printer (3) is provided with a semi-automatic feeder (11) which conveys to the printing station (9) a sheet of receiving material manually introduced into the semi-automatic feeder, and - in that the detection means in response to the said second control command detect whether a sheet is present in the semi-automatic feeder (11) and in the event of the said presence being detected offer the detection signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
An office automation system according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised - in that the printer (3) is provided with a display means for displaying a message, and - in that the printer (3) is provided with means which display a message determined by a said second control command in the event of the control device waiting for the said detection signal prior to starting the printing job determined by the first control command.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
GB1444533A
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