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US 10,187,539 B2Granted
Secure document printer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMark S. Amico, William N. Vogt
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Abstract
A printer and method for printing a secure document are disclosed. For example, the printer includes a controller for receiving an indication that a print job contains the secure document, a lock on a printer door, wherein the lock is electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the lock is engaged by the controller after receiving the indication that the print job contains the secure document and the lock is disengaged when the print job is completed successfully and a user interface in communication with the controller for receiving a security code to disengage the lock when print job is interrupted due to an error.
Claims19
A printer for printing a secure document, comprising:
- a controller for receiving an indication that a print job contains the secure document;
- a respective lock on each one of a plurality of printer doors of the printer, wherein the respective lock of the each one of the plurality of printer doors is electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the respective lock is engaged by the controller after receiving the indication that the print job contains the secure document and the respective lock is disengaged when the print job is completed successfully;
- a user interface in communication with the controller for receiving an account number and a security code associated with the account number to disengage the respective lock on the each one of the plurality of printer doors when the print job is interrupted due to an error, wherein the controller tracks a progress of whether the respective lock is opened on the each one of the plurality of printer doors via the security code that is entered separately for the each one of the plurality of printer doors to ensure that the each one of the plurality of printer doors has been checked such that the secure document is not left in the printer;
- a scanner in communication with the controller for scanning a tag that provides the indication to the controller that the print job contains the secure document;
- and
- a digital front end to read the tag that is scanned by the scanner.
3 more elements
A method for printing a secure document, comprising:
- scanning, by a scanner of a printer, a tag associated with a print job;
- reading, by a digital front end of the printer, the tag that is scanned indicating that the print job contains the secure document;
- receiving, by a processor of the printer, an indication that the print job contains the secure document;
- locking, by the processor, a respective lock on all customer accessible printer doors in response to the indication that the print job contains the secure document;
- determining, by the processor, that an error has occurred during the print job;
- receiving, by the processor, an account number and a security code associated with the account number to clear the error and disengage the respective lock on each one of the all customer accessible printer doors;
- and
- tracking, by the processor, a progress of whether the respective lock is opened on the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors via the security code that is entered separately for the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors to ensure that the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors has been checked such that the secure document is not left in the printer.
5 more elements
A printer for printing a secure document, comprising:
- a controller for receiving a print job from a remotely located endpoint;
- a scanner in communication with the controller for scanning a tag on the secure document that provides an indication to the controller that the print job contains the secure document;
- a respective electro-mechanical lock on all customer accessible printer doors of the printer, except a paper tray, that cannot be opened with a physical key in communication with the controller, wherein the respective electro-mechanical lock is electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the respective electro-mechanical lock is engaged by the controller after receiving the indication that the print job contains the secure document and the respective electro-mechanical lock is disengaged when the print job is completed successfully;
- a user interface in communication with the controller for receiving an account number and a security code associated with the account number to disengage the respective electro-mechanical lock on each one of the all customer accessible printer doors when the print job is interrupted due to a paper jam, wherein the controller tracks a progress of whether the respective electro-mechanical lock is opened on the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors via the security code that is entered separately for the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors to ensure that the each one of the all customer accessible printer doors has been checked such that the secure document is not left in the printer;
- a scanner in communication with the controller for scanning a tag that provides the indication to the controller that the print job contains the secure document;
- and
- a digital front end to read the tag that is scanned by the scanner.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.