Set addressing for electronic printing machines

Claim 1

A process of addressing sets for use with an electronic printing system having a user interface with an interactive display screen and a printer for making prints on a print media from image signals, a memory for storing the image signals, and programming means for programming said electronic printing system to produce prints, comprising the steps of: a) providing a list of M addresses, with a first address and an Mth address, for use in addressing prints produced by said printer; b) storing said list of M addresses in said memory; c) programming said printer to print one or more sets of N prints on said print media, said N prints including a first print and an Nth print; d) displaying, on said interactive display screen, a print outline with a selected identifiable area, said selected identifiable area being positioned on said print outline and representing a relative size, location and orientation of an area on each of the N prints upon which each of said M addresses is to be printed; e) printing copies of the M addresses from said list of M addresses successively on said N prints, at said selected identifiable area on each of said N prints, as said N prints are printed on said print media, said first address in said list of M addresses being printed at said identifiable area of said first print and said Mth address in said list of M addresses being printed at said identifiable area of said Nth print.

Claim 13

An apparatus for addressing sets, comprising: a) a memory for storing a list of M addresses, said list of M addresses including a first address and an Mth address; b) scanning means for scanning documents and converting said documents to N electronic pages for use in making prints of said documents; c) said memory storing image signals representative of said N electronic pages; d) a controller for combining said list of M addresses with successive selected ones of said N electronic pages for printing; e) a user interface with an interactive display screen, a print outline having a selected identifiable area superimposed thereon, said selected identifiable area being positioned on said print outline and representing a relative size, location and orientation of an area on each of the N prints upon which each of said M addresses is to be printed; and f) a printer for printing said N electronic pages with said list of M addresses to provide N a plurality of addressed prints, said N addressed prints including a first addressed print and an Nth addressed print, wherein said first address in said list of M addresses is printed at said identifiable area of said first addressed print and said Mth address in said list of M addresses is printed at said identifiable area of said Nth addressed print.

Claim 14

An apparatus for addressing sets, comprising: a) a memory for storing a list of M addresses, said list of M addresses including a first address and an Mth address; b) scanning means for scanning documents and converting said documents to N electronic pages for use in making prints of said documents; c) said memory storing image signals representative of said N electronic pages; d) a controller for combining said list of M addresses with successive selected ones of said N electronic pages for printing; e) a user interface with an interactive display screen, a print outline having a selected identifiable area superimposed thereon, said selected identifiable area being positioned on said print outline and representing a relative size, location and orientation of an area on each of the N prints upon which each of said M addresses is to be printed; and f) a printer for printing said N electronic pages with said list of M addresses to provide N a plurality of addressed prints, said N addressed prints including a first addressed print and an Nth addressed print, wherein said first address in said list of M addresses is printed at said identifiable area of said first addressed print and said Mth address in said list of M addresses is printed at said identifiable area of said Nth addressed print.