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Digital copying apparatus with a personal data storage system
Assignee: Canon Production Printing Netherlands BV
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Filing: 1999-03-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-03-09
Abstract
Abstract A digital image reproduction apparatus comprising a scanner unit, a printer unit, a memory, an operator control unit integrated in the apparatus and provided with a keyboard and a display for giving operator control commands to the apparatus by a user, a network connection unit for coupling to a network for the purpose of communication with a digital external environment comprising at least a number of workstations of users, a management unit connected to the said scanner unit, printer unit, memory and network connection unit, and, via the network connection unit, to the said workstations, which management unit maintains logic storage spaces in the memory, each allocated to a specific user, wherein the management unit, when receiving from a said user's workstation a digital data file for printing, stores said file in the said logic storage space of the relevant user and passes it for printing to the said printer unit only on a command from the operator control unit, which command identifies the relevant file, and also, on receipt from the operator control unit of an order for scanning, such job being provided with a user identification, stores the digital data generated by the scanner unit in executing the said order in the logic storage space of the relevant user and passes it to a workstation of the relevant user only on a command from the latter workstation, which command identifies the relevant file. Other files, such as sets of adjustment parameters for a printing or scanning process, can also be stored in the logic storage spaces.
Inventors
- 👤 René Francois Albert Collard
- 👤 Peter Johannes Hendrikus Maria Teeuwen
- 👤 Monica Maria Wilhelmina Mathea Roosen
- 👤 Robertus Cornelis W. T. M. van den Tillart
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00384; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00411; H04N1/00413; H04N1/00416; H04N1/00419; H04N1/00432; H04N1/00472; H04N1/00477; H04N1/0048; H04N1/00482; H04N1/00485; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32502; H04N1/32523; H04N1/32529; H04N1/32539; H04N1/32545; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0013; H04N2201/0034; H04N2201/0037; H04N2201/0039; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0082; H04N2201/0087; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A digital image reproduction apparatus comprising a scanner unit, a printer unit, a memory, an operator control unit integrated in the apparatus and provided with a keyboard and a
display for giving operator control commands to the apparatus by a user, a network connection unit for coupling to a network for the purpose of communication
with a digital external environment comprising at least a number of workstations of
users, a management unit connected to the said scanner unit, printer unit, memory and
network connection unit, and, via the network connection unit, to the said workstations,
which management unit maintains logic storage spaces in the memory, each allocated
to a specific user, wherein the management unit, when receiving from a said user's workstation a digital
data file for printing, stores said file in the logic storage space of the relevant user and
passes it for printing to the said printer unit only on a command from the operator
control unit, which command identifies the relevant file, and also, on receipt from the operator control unit of an order for scanning, such order
being provided with a user identification, stores the digital data generated by the
scanner unit in executing the said order in the logic storage space of the relevant user
and passes it to a workstation of the relevant user only on a command from the latter
workstation, which command identifies the relevant file.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
65 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit, on receiving from a workstation a digital data file for
printing, such file being provided with a user identification, checks whether it already
manages a logic storage space for the relevant user, and if that is not the case, adds a
logic storage space for the relevant user and stores therein the received digital data file.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a user's workstation is provided with a program intended for communication with the apparatus, and when the said program starts up reports to the management
unit giving an identification of the user, and wherein the management unit, on receiving the said reporting, checks whether it already
manages a logic storage space for the relevant user and, if that is not the case, adds a
logic storage space for the relevant user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
112 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operator control unit is provided with means for a user to set print
parameters in accordance with which a print order must be executed by the printer unit,
and also means whereby print parameters set by a user, in combination with an identification
of the relevant user, are passed to the management unit, wherein furthermore the management unit is provided with means for receiving from a
workstation print parameters, also in combination with an identification of the user,
and wherein the management unit is provided with means for storing the said passed
and received print parameters in the logic storage space of the relevant user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the management unit is provided with means whereby, on a command from the
operator control unit, such command specifying a user and a group of print parameters
stored in the memory, the said group of print parameters is read out of the logic storage space of the relevant
user and transmitted to the printer unit for printing a digital data file in accordance therewith.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
113 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operator control unit is provided with means whereby a user can set scan
parameters in accordance with which a scan order is to be executed by the scanner unit
and also means whereby scan parameters set by a user, in combination with an
identification of the relevant user, are transmitted to the management unit, wherein furthermore the management unit is provided with means whereby scan
parameters, also in combination with an identification of a user, are received from a
workstation, and wherein the management unit is provided with means for storing said passed and
received scan parameters in the logic storage space of the relevant user.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the management unit is provided with means whereby on a command from the
operator control unit, such command specifying a user and a group of scan parameters
stored in the memory, the said group of scan parameters is read out of the logic storage space of the relevant
user and transmitted to the scanner unit for scanning a document in accordance therewith and in
so doing generating a digital data file.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
75 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit on receiving from the operator control unit a deferred
copying order provided with an identification of a user, stores the digital data generated
by the scanner unit in executing the said order in the logic storage space of the relevant
user and passes it for printing to the said printer unit only on a command from the
operator control unit, which command identifies the relevant file.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit manages a directory structure in the memory, the said
logic storage spaces being formed by directories.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit manages a database in the memory, the said logic
storage spaces being formed by entries in said database.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
82 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management unit on a command for this purpose from the operator control
unit, generates a list of users for whom it manages a logic storage space in the memory,
and transmits this list to the operator control unit which in turn displays at least a part of the
list on the display for selection by an operator, whereafter the operator control unit interprets a selection made by the operator as being
identification of a user.
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