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US 2004/0174556 A1Published application
Copier
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A copier includes a scanner for obtaining a digital image of a printed document and a printer for producing a copy of the scanned document. The copier is configured to identify coded data incorporated in the scanned document, the coded data indicating an identity of the scanned document. The printer reproduces the scanned document including second coded data indicative of an identity of the copy of the document. The copier has a network interface for transmitting and receiving the identity data from a server on a network where the identity data is stored.
Claims8
A copier including:
- a scanner for scanning a document which may contain both document content and first coded data indicative of an identity f the document and enabling formation of a digital image of the document;
- a detector for detecting if the document contains said first coded data;
- a printer adapted for printing a copy of the printed document and for incorporating in said printed copy second coded data indicative of an identity of the copy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.