Apparatus and method of scanning and/or printing an image
First Claim
1. An image-forming device, comprising:
- an internal storage;
a scanner to scan a document to generate scanned data;
a port device including a plurality of ports to each removably receive a corresponding portable memory stick or card; and
a controller to;
determine whether a portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at a time the scanner finishes scanning the document,control storage of the scanned data in the portable memory stick or card when the controller determines the portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finishes scanning the document,automatically control the scanned data to be stored in the internal storage in real-time when the controller determines a portable memory stick or card is not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finishes scanning the document,control the scanned data, stored in the internal storage when the controller determined a portable memory stick or card was not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finished scanning the document, to be stored in a portable memory stick or card when the controller subsequently determines the portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device, andcontrol selection of one or more of a plurality of scanned data files stored in the removably received portable memory stick or card or to control deletion of one or more of the plurality of the scanned data files stored in the removably received portable memory stick or card.
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Abstract
A scanning apparatus and a method thereof include a scanning unit scanning a document and outputting a scanned result, at least one external storage unit detachably attached to the apparatus, at least one internal storage unit, and a controller detecting an attachment state of the external storage unit and storing the scanned result in one of the external storage unit and the internal storage unit according to the attachment state of the external storage unit. The scanning unit of the scanning apparatus is combined with a user scanning unit and a user printing unit into a combination apparatus, and the scanned result is printed in a printing apparatus spaced-apart from the scanning apparatus by a distance, thereby removing cables between the scanning or printing apparatus and a personal computer. Regardless of an attachment state of the external storage unit, the document is scanned in the real time, and the scanning apparatus is commonly used with a plurality of personal computers which are not connected to the scanning apparatus.
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16 Claims
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1. An image-forming device, comprising:
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an internal storage; a scanner to scan a document to generate scanned data; a port device including a plurality of ports to each removably receive a corresponding portable memory stick or card; and a controller to; determine whether a portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at a time the scanner finishes scanning the document, control storage of the scanned data in the portable memory stick or card when the controller determines the portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finishes scanning the document, automatically control the scanned data to be stored in the internal storage in real-time when the controller determines a portable memory stick or card is not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finishes scanning the document, control the scanned data, stored in the internal storage when the controller determined a portable memory stick or card was not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanner finished scanning the document, to be stored in a portable memory stick or card when the controller subsequently determines the portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device, and control selection of one or more of a plurality of scanned data files stored in the removably received portable memory stick or card or to control deletion of one or more of the plurality of the scanned data files stored in the removably received portable memory stick or card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15)
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6. A method for use in an image forming device having a scanner, an internal storage, and a port device including a plurality of ports to each removably receive a corresponding portable memory stick or card, the method comprising:
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scanning a document to generate scanned data; determining whether at least one portable memory stick or card is removably received by at least one of the plurality of ports of the port device at a time the scanning the document is finished; and automatically storing the scanned data in the internal storage in real-time when the determining determines a portable memory stick or card is not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device, subsequently determining a portable memory stick or card is removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device, and controlling the scanned data, stored in the internal storage when the determining determined a portable memory stick or card was not removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device at the time the scanning the document finished, to be stored in the portable memory stick or card removably received by one of the plurality of ports of the port device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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Specification