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US 4,728,984 AGranted
Data handling and archiving system
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJoseph J. Daniele
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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJoseph J. Daniele
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A system for enhancing the use of digitized documents as information transmitting and storage objects in connection with an electronic printer having an image input scanner for scanning documents and converting the image content to image signals. In one embodiment, a bar-coded document has an encoded image representing a secret message, and the printer is equipped with a recognition circuit that uses the bar code to distinguish the encoded document from other non-coded documents to be printed and readies a decoder which upon proper authentication, automatically decodes the encoded image signals output by the array so that the printer provides a print with the decoded message. In a second embodiment, the digitized image comprises an auxiliary software program to be loaded into the printer memory, with a selector circuit for loading the software signals output by the array into the printer memory, with a selector circuit for loading the software signals output by the array into the printer memory.
In a printing machine for processing documents bearing an encoded image to provide either coded or decoded print copies, comprising:
In a printing machine having a plurality of discrete operating components cooperable with one another to process both digitized and un-digitized images on documents, comprising in combination:
In a printing machine having a plurality of discrete operating components cooperable with one another to process image bearing documents and make prints, including in combination:
In a printing machine having a plurality of discrete operating components cooperable with one another to process images, including in combination:
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