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Two way copier monitoring system

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  • US 5,333,286 A
  • Filed: 11/18/1992
  • Issued: 07/26/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for automatically monitoring the operational status of and initiating operational commands in one or more copy machines from a remote location, each copy machine having a copy machine control computer for monitoring copy machine status information and controlling operation of the copy machine and a copier control panel for user interaction by a user at the copier machine, comprising interface means associated with each copy machine including means to access status information from the copy machine control computer for transmission to the remote location and means to receive operation commands from the remote location for execution by the copy machine control computer, communication means between the interface means and the remote location, means to remotely monitor the status information from the copy machine control computer at the remote location and means to initiate operation commands from the remote location for execution by the copy machine control computer thereby remotely activating copy machine functions comprising means to remotely input copy machine commands at the remote location, means to direct said commands to a specific copier machine in the system and means to simulate keystrokes on the copier control panel within the copy machine.

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