Electronic publishing system
First Claim
1. A mechanism for processing a document having at least one pre-printed sheet with information data thereon, which comprises a central controller having stored therein information comparison data necessary to process said document a feeder module, said feeder module having feeder means to receive a plurality of sheets in a stack and to feed said sheets one-by-one from said stack, means operatively associated with said feeder module for reading information data on each sheet before each sheet is fed from said stack, the information data on the first sheet of said stack being at least partial instructions to the central controller as to the manner of processing said document, said reader being positioned adjacent the feeder means so that it reads the information data on a sheet in the stack before the sheet is fed from the stack, means for comparing the information data read on each sheet with the information comparison data in the central controller to determine whether the proper sheet will be fed from the stack, means responsive to the central controller and adapted to stop the operation of the mechanism and to prevent the feed of a sheet from the stack if the information data on the sheet does not match with the information comparison data in the central controller processed, and means controlled by the central controller to process said document in a predetermine manner responsive to the partial instructions received by the central controller from said first sheet.
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Abstract
Mechanism for assembling a document from a plurality of predetermined sheets having a central controller, with a plurality of modules. The sheets are moved past each of said modules. One of said modules is a feed module which feeds the sheets. The feeder module has reader means for reading each sheet before it is fed and being positioned adjacent the sheet feeder so that it reads the lower-most sheet in the feeder. A module is also provided for assembling the sheets together. Means are also provided responsive to the central controller which stop the operation of the mechanism should the sheet read by the reader be the improper sheet for the document being assembled.
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- 1. A mechanism for processing a document having at least one pre-printed sheet with information data thereon, which comprises a central controller having stored therein information comparison data necessary to process said document a feeder module, said feeder module having feeder means to receive a plurality of sheets in a stack and to feed said sheets one-by-one from said stack, means operatively associated with said feeder module for reading information data on each sheet before each sheet is fed from said stack, the information data on the first sheet of said stack being at least partial instructions to the central controller as to the manner of processing said document, said reader being positioned adjacent the feeder means so that it reads the information data on a sheet in the stack before the sheet is fed from the stack, means for comparing the information data read on each sheet with the information comparison data in the central controller to determine whether the proper sheet will be fed from the stack, means responsive to the central controller and adapted to stop the operation of the mechanism and to prevent the feed of a sheet from the stack if the information data on the sheet does not match with the information comparison data in the central controller processed, and means controlled by the central controller to process said document in a predetermine manner responsive to the partial instructions received by the central controller from said first sheet.
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