Methods and apparatus to determine page orientation for post imaging finishing

A method of formatting an electronic representation of a page of a document to be imaged by an imaging device, comprising:

• determining if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation;
• if the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotating the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
• and
• at least one of imaging the rotated electronic representation of the page, or storing the rotated electronic representation of the page in a computer readable memory;
• and wherein the electronic representation of the page represents a first page of a multi-page document, the remainder of the multi-page document being represented by a secondary electronic representation, the method further comprising rotating the secondary electronic representation when the electronic representation of the first page is rotated.

A method of formatting an electronic representation of a page of a document to be imaged by an imaging device, and wherein the electronic representation of the page represents one page of a multi-page document, each page of the multi-page document being represented by an associated electronic representation, the method comprising:

• determining if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation;
• if the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotating the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
• at least one of imaging the rotated electronic representation of the page, or storing the rotated electronic representation of the page in a computer readable memory;
• determining if the associated electronic representation of each page of the multi-page document is oriented in a predetermine orientation;
• for those pages where the associated the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotating the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
• and
• at least one of imaging the rotated electronic representations of the pages, or storing the rotated electronic representation of the pages in a computer readable memory;
• and wherein determining if the electronic representation of each page is oriented in the predetermined orientation is performed using optical character recognition software on a preselected portion of the electronic representation of each page to determine whether a footer is present in the preselected portion.

Method of generating an image from an electronic representation of a page of a document to be imaged by an imaging device, comprising:

• performing optical character recognition on at least a portion of the electronic representation of the page to obtain a digital representation of at least one character from the electronic representation of the page;
• comparing the digital representation of the at least one character to a set of recognized characters;
• determining if the digital representation of the at least one character matches a character in the set of recognized characters, and if the digital representation of the at least one character does not match a character in the set of recognized characters, rotating the electronic representation of the page;
• and
• imaging the electronic representation of the page to produce a copy product.

An imaging device for generating a copy product from an electronic representation of a page of a document, comprising:

• an imaging section configured to generate the copy product from the electronic representation of the page of the document;
• a processor configured to execute steps of a computer executable program;
• a computer readable memory device comprising a page rotation algorithm configured to:
• be executed by the processor;
• determine if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation;
• and
• if the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotate the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
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• an optical scanner configured to optically scan a page of an original document to generate the electronic representation of the page of the document.

An imaging device for generating a copy product from an electronic representation of a page of a document, comprising:

• an imaging section configured to generate the copy product from the electronic representation of the page of the document;
• a processor configured to execute steps of a computer executable program;
• a computer readable memory device comprising a page rotation algorithm configured to:
• be executed by the processor;
• determine if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation;
• and
• if the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotate the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
• and wherein the imaging device is configured to generate a copy product from an electronic representation of pages of a multi-page document defined by a first page, and further wherein the page rotation algorithm is further configured to determine if the electronic representation of only the first page is oriented in the predetermined orientation.

An imaging device for generating a copy product from an electronic representation of a page of a document, comprising:

• an imaging section configured to generate the copy product from the electronic representation of the page of the document;
• a processor configured to execute steps of a computer executable program;
• a computer readable memory device comprising a page rotation algorithm configured to:
• be executed by the processor;
• determine if the electronic representation of the page is oriented in a predetermined orientation;
• and
• if the electronic representation of the page is not oriented in the predetermined orientation, rotate the electronic representation of the page so that the electronic representation of the page is in the predetermined orientation;
• a finishing device configured to apply a finishing process to the copy product;
• and wherein:
• the finishing device is selectable between an enabled state to apply the finishing process to the copy product, and a non-enabled state to not apply the finishing process to the copy product;
• and
• the page rotation algorithm is configured to be disabled when the finishing device is in the non-enabled state.