System and method for handling blank pages during document printing or copying
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsKalpanadevi Jeevanantham, Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Raja Dorairaj
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Abstract
A system is provided for marking intentionally blank pages in a document. The system includes a processor that processes a document in an electronic form; a blank page detection routine that is run by the processor, the blank page detection routine being configured to detect a blank plank page in the document; and a blank page indicating routine that is run by the processor, the blank page indicating routine being configured to indicate with an indication that the blank page is an intentionally blank page. The indication is configured to be read by a marking device such that the marking device marks the blank page as intentionally blank.
Claims20
A system for marking intentionally blank pages in a document, the system comprising:
- a processor that processes a document in an electronic form;
- a blank page detection routine that is run by the processor, the blank page detection routine being configured to detect a blank plank page in the document;
- in response to a detected blank plank page in the document, then determining whether the detected blank page will be marked as intentionally left blank;
- in response to the determination that the detected blank plank page will be marked as intentionally left blank, then causing the processor to run a blank page indicating routine to indicate with an indication on the document that the blank page is an intentionally blank page,
- wherein the indication is configured to be read by a marking device such that the marking device marks the blank page as intentionally blank;
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- in response to the determination that the detected blank plank page will not be marked as intentionally left blank, then causing the processor to submit the detected blank page devoid of an indication that the marking device marks the blank page as an intentionally blank page.
A method for marking intentionally blank pages in a document, the method comprising:
- processing a document in an electronic form with a processor;
- detecting a blank page in the document with a blank page detection routine that is run by the processor;
- determining in response to a detected blank plank page in the document whether the detected blank page will be marked as intentionally left blank;
- causing the processor to run a blank page indicating routine, in response to the determination that the detected blank page will be marked as intentionally left blank, to cause an indication on the document that the blank page is an intentionally blank page,
- wherein the indication is configured to be read by a marking device such that the marking device marks the blank page as intentionally blank;
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- wherein the processor submits the detected blank page devoid of an indication that the marking device mark the blank page as an intentionally blank page when a determination is made that the detected blank plank page will not be marked as intentionally left blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.