Electronic printing system

Claim 2

A process as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the size and/or location of said selected merge item (168) is adjusted on said print outline (174) while displaying each change made in the size and/or location of said selected merge item (168) relative to said print on said screen (62).

Claim 3

A process as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, charaterized by returning the adjusted merge item (168) to said memory means (56) following completion of said print job.

Claim 4

A process as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by creating said selected merge item (168) for said library by scanning a page with said merge item to provide an electronic merge item of said page including said merge item (168), displaying said page on said screen (62), removing images other than said merge item ( 168) from said page displayed on said screen (62), rescanning the image portion of said page remaining after said removal of images to provide said merge item (168), and storing said merge item (168) in said library in said memory means (56).

Claim 5

A process as claimed in claim 4, chacterized by adjusting the properties of the merge item (168) displayed on said screen (62), rescanning said page, processing the image signals produced to provide the merge item (168) with said adjusted properties, and storing said merge item (168) with said adjusted properties in said library in said memory means (56).

Claim 6

An electronic printing system (2) having memory means (56) for storing electronic images for a print job, printing means (8) for making prints from said electronic images, and an electronic display screen (62), image creating means for providing a library of electronic merge items in said memory means (56) for merging with the prints of said print job produced by said printing means (8), and selecting means for selecting one of said merge items (168) from said memory means (56) for merging with said prints, characterized by display means for electronically displaying on said screen (62) a print outline (174) together with an outline of the merge item (168) selected superimposed on said print outline (174), adjusting means for adjusting the size and/or location of said selected merge item (168) on said print outline (174) while displaying each change made in the size and/or location of said selected merge item (168) relative to said print on said screen (62), and merging means for merging the adjusted merge item (168) with the electronic images comprising said print job when printing said print job.

Claim 7

A process as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized by, creating said selected merge item (168) for said library by placing a page bearing said merge item (168) on a platen (20) of an electronic printing system (2), actuating scanning means to scan said page and provide an electronic image of said page including said merge item (168), and while retaining said page on said platen (20), displaying said page on said screen (62), removing images other than said merge item (168) from said page, rescanning the image area of said page remaining after said images are removed to provide said merge item (168) and storing said merge item (168) in said library in said memory means (56).

Claim 8

A process for creating a library of merge items (168) for merger with prints produced by an electronic printer (8), characterized in that for each one of said merge items (168), scanning a document having an image of the merge item (168) thereon to provide image signals of the document image including the merge item (168), using said image signals to provide a display of the scanned image of said document on a screen (62), removing images other than said merge item image (168) from the document image displayed on said screen (62), rescanning the portion of the document image following said removal of images to provide image signals representative of said merge item image, and storing said image signals of said merge item image in said library.

Claim 9

A process for merging a merge item (168) such as a logo with the prints output by an electronic printer (8) when printing a print job, said printer including a platen (20), scanning means for scanning the pages comprising print jobs placed on said platen (20) to provide electronic images of said pages for use in making prints, printing means (8) for making prints from said electronic images, and an electronic display screen (62), including programming a print job, characterized by creating a logo for said print job by placing a page bearing said logo on said platen (20), actuating said scanning means to scan said page and provide an electronic image of said page including said logo, and while retaining said page on said platen, displaying said electronic image of said page on said screen (62), removing images other than said logo from said page, and actuating said scanning means to rescan the portion of the image remaining on said page following said removal of images to provide said logo, actuating said scanning means to scan the pages that comprise said print job to provide electronic images for use in making prints for said print job, electronically displaying on said screen (62) a print outline (174) together with an outline of said logo superimposed on said print outline (174) in the location where said logo will appear on the prints output by said printing means (8) and with the relative size of said print and said logo outlines proportional to the size of the prints and the logo printed by said printing means (8), adjusting the location of said logo on said print outline (174), displaying each change made in the location of said logo relative to said print outline (174) on said screen (62), and merging the logo with each of the prints produced by said at the location selected.

Claim 10

A process as claimed in claim 10, characterized by storing said adjusted logo in a library for future use.