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US 7,002,700 B1Granted
Method and system for merging scan files into a color workflow
AssigneeElectronics for Imaging, Inc.
InventorMargaret Motamed
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AssigneeElectronics for Imaging, Inc.
InventorMargaret Motamed
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A method and system for scanning documents in a network environment and merging the resulting scan files with other documents into a printing workflow provides a user interface in which the user merges a scan file and a document file on a page basis by selecting thumbnail images of the desired pages and dragging and dropping the thumbnails so that a new merged document results. An alternative embodiment allows the user to apply predefined merge templates to the selected pages. The predefined merge templates may include printing and formatting instructions such as color settings and a page layout. The system architecture provides a color print server and a client workstation in communication with the color print server. A scanning device, which may be a dedicated scanner or the platen of a copying machine is connected to the color print server or the client workstation. The scanning software, resident on either the color print server or the workstation allows the user to customize the scan and apply modifications to the image after scanning. Scanned images may be retrieved by email or over the World Wide Web. The color print server and the attached scanning device may also function as a color copier.
A method of merging document files into a printing workflow, the method comprising:
A system for merging scan files into a printing workflow comprising;
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