US5489763A
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Printing and encoding of documents having a magnetic strip
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-24
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-06-24
Abstract
Abstract A system and method of printing a document and encoding information in a magnetic strip on the document wherein all the information to be printed and encoded is received from a single information source by the printer of the system. The document is printed with machine readable codes on a form having a magnetic strip. The printed codes are read by the system and used to magnetically encode information in the magnetic strip on the document. A system embodying the invention may also include a slitter for separating a printed and magnetically encoded document into sections, and a binder to bind plural documents or sections.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles E. Conrad
- 👤 Susan W. Baxter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 18:29
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K1/00; G06K1/12; G06K1/121; G06K1/125; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the printed document and for reading the information encoded in the bar code; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar code; a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for receiving the printed document and magnetically encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the translated bar code information; and a binder connected to the document controller for receiving plural magnetically encoded documents and for binding the plural documents into a book based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the printed document and for reading the information encoded in the bar code; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar code; a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for receiving the printed document and magnetically encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the translated bar code information; and a binder connected to the document controller for receiving plural magnetically encoded documents and for binding the plural documents into a book based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
117 words
The system of claim 1, further comprising: a magnetic strip reader connected to the document controller for receiving a magnetically encoded document, reading the magnetically encoded information, and transmitting the magnetically encoded information to the document controller; and a document router connected to the document controller for receiving a document from the magnetic strip reader and for routing the document based on a routing signal received from the document controller; wherein the document controller compares the magnetically encoded information to the translated bar code information and causes the magnetically encoded document to be routed to one of the magnetic strip encoder for re-encoding of the magnetic strip and the router based on the results of the comparison.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 2, wherein the routing signal is based on the results of the comparison between the magnetically encoded information and the translated bar code information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 3, wherein the document router routes the document to one of a final delivery bin and a waste manager.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the printed document and for reading the information encoded in the bar code; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar code; a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for receiving the printed document and magnetically encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the translated bar code information; and a slitter connected to the document controller for receiving a magnetically encoded document and for selectively separating the document into plural sections based on a slitting signal transmitted from the document controller to the slitter.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
143 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the printed document and for reading the information encoded in the bar code; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar code; a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for receiving the printed document and magnetically encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the translated bar code information; and a slitter connected to the document controller for receiving a magnetically encoded document and for selectively separating the document into plural sections based on a slitting signal transmitted from the document controller to the slitter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 5, further comprising: a binder connected to the document controller for receiving plural sections and for binding the sections into a book based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
The system of claim 6, wherein the router routes the document to one of a final delivery bin, the slitter, the binder, and a waste manager, based on at least one of the bar code information, the results of the comparison of the magnetically encoded information to the translated bar code information, and the number of times a magnetic strip of the document has been re-encoded.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 6, further comprising: a section bar code reader connected to the document controller for receiving a section from the slitter and for reading a section bar code printed on the section and transmitting the section bar code information to the document controller.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 8, wherein the binding signal is based on the section bar code information.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
128 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information in a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a first document with a bar code on a sheet without a magnetic strip and at least one subsequent document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the first and at least one subsequent documents and reading the information encoded in the bar codes; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar codes; and a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for encoding information in the magnetic strip of the at least one subsequent document based on the translated bar code information.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
128 words
A system for printing a document and encoding information in a magnetic strip on the document, comprising: a printer for printing a first document with a bar code on a sheet without a magnetic strip and at least one subsequent document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; a bar code reader for receiving the first and at least one subsequent documents and reading the information encoded in the bar codes; a document controller connected to the printer and bar code reader for translating the bar code information read from the bar codes; and a magnetic strip encoder connected to the document controller for encoding information in the magnetic strip of the at least one subsequent document based on the translated bar code information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
120 words
The system of claim 10, further comprising: a magnetic strip reader connected to the document controller for reading the magnetically encoded information and transmitting the magnetically encoded information to the document controller; and a document router, connected to the document controller for routing the first and at least one subsequent documents based on a routing signal transmitted from the document controller to the router; wherein the document controller compares the magnetically encoded information to the bar code information read from the first and at least one subsequent documents and causes the at least one subsequent document to be routed to one of the magnetic strip encoder for re-encoding of the magnetic strip, and the document router based on the comparison.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
The system of claim 11, further comprising: a slitter for receiving the at least one subsequent document and for slitting the at least one subsequent document into plural sections; and a binder, connected to the document controller, for receiving plural sections and for binding the sections into a book based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
72 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information and transmitting the bar code information to a document controller; encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the bar code information; and binding plural documents into a document book.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
72 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information and transmitting the bar code information to a document controller; encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the bar code information; and binding plural documents into a document book.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of: reading the magnetically encoded information from the magnetic strip of the document and transmitting the magnetically encoded information to the document controller; comparing the magnetically encoded information to the bar code information; and selectively re-encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the results of the comparison.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of: routing the document based on the results of the comparison.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of: routing the document to a waste manager when the document has been re-encoded a predetermined number of times and the magnetically encoded information still does not match the bar code information; and routing the document to a final delivery tray when the magnetically encoded information matches the bar code information.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information and transmitting the bar code information to a document controller; encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the bar code information; slitting the document into plural sections; and binding the plural sections into a book with a binder based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information on a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information and transmitting the bar code information to a document controller; encoding information in the magnetic strip of the document based on the bar code information; slitting the document into plural sections; and binding the plural sections into a book with a binder based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 17, further comprising the step of: reading a bar code of a section after a document has been separated into sections and transmitting the section bar code information to the document controller; wherein the binding signal is based on the section bar code information.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information in a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a first document with bar codes encoded with information on a printing job on a sheet without a magnetic strip; printing a subsequent document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information on the first and subsequent documents and transmitting the information to a document controller; and encoding information in the magnetic strip of the subsequent document based on the bar code information read from the first document.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of printing a document and encoding information in a magnetic strip on the document, comprising the steps of: printing a first document with bar codes encoded with information on a printing job on a sheet without a magnetic strip; printing a subsequent document with a bar code on a sheet having a magnetic strip; reading the bar code information on the first and subsequent documents and transmitting the information to a document controller; and encoding information in the magnetic strip of the subsequent document based on the bar code information read from the first document.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of: reading the magnetically encoded information and transmitting the magnetically encoded information to the document controller; comparing the magnetically encoded information to the bar code information read from the first and subsequent documents; and re-encoding information in the magnetic strip of the subsequent document when the magnetically encoded information does not match the bar code information.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of: binding plural subsequent documents into a book with a binder based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 20, further comprising the steps of: slitting the subsequent document into plural sections; and binding plural sections into a book with a binder based on a binding signal transmitted from the document controller to the binder.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of: reading a bar code on a section and transmitting the section bar code information to the document controller; wherein the binding signal is based on the section bar code information.
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