System for automatically filling an original form
First Claim
1. A method of print-filling in an original hardcopy form having preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas requiring fill-in information, the method comprising the steps of:
- scanning the original hardcopy form to create a first electronic document including preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas;
(b) storing the first electronic document;
(c) creating a second electronic document that is blank, having nothing preprinted on it, and has a size and bitmap coordinate system identical to those of said first electronic document;
(d) displaying the first electronic document and the second electronic document simultaneously on a display apparatus, with the second electronic document overlaying the first electronic document;
(e) inputting required fill-in information into areas on the second electronic document overlaying the blank fill-in areas of the first electronic document; and
(f) automatically and selectively printing the second electronic document containing only the required fill-in information as printing thereon onto the original hardcopy form, thereby providing an automatically filled-in original form.
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Abstract
A printing system for automatically print-filling in an original form includes a scanner, a printer unit, an operator input unit, a display unit, a main processor and unit controllers. The original form is scanned to create a bitmap thereof that is stored in a first memory area as a first document including fill-in areas. A second blank document is created and stored in a second memory area. The first and second documents are displayed with the second document overlaying the first document. Required fill-in information is operator inputted onto the second document in areas thereof overlaying the fill-in areas in the first document. The original form is then loaded into the printer unit and the second document is selectively printed automatically onto the loaded original form.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of print-filling in an original hardcopy form having preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas requiring fill-in information, the method comprising the steps of:
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scanning the original hardcopy form to create a first electronic document including preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas; (b) storing the first electronic document; (c) creating a second electronic document that is blank, having nothing preprinted on it, and has a size and bitmap coordinate system identical to those of said first electronic document; (d) displaying the first electronic document and the second electronic document simultaneously on a display apparatus, with the second electronic document overlaying the first electronic document; (e) inputting required fill-in information into areas on the second electronic document overlaying the blank fill-in areas of the first electronic document; and (f) automatically and selectively printing the second electronic document containing only the required fill-in information as printing thereon onto the original hardcopy form, thereby providing an automatically filled-in original form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A printing system for automatically print-filling in an original hardcopy form having preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas requiring fill-in information, the printing system comprising:
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(a) a printer unit for holding and automatically printing onto the original hardcopy form; (b) a main processor connected to said printer unit; (c) an image input scanner connected to said main processor for scanning a page of the original hardcopy form including the preprinted areas and blank fill-in areas to create a first electronic document thereof; (d) means for creating a second electronic document that is entirely blank, having nothing preprinted on it, for storage in said main processor, said second electronic document having a size and bitmap coordinate system identical to those of said first electronic document; (e) a display unit connected to said main processor for displaying the first and the second electronic documents simultaneously in superimposed relation with the second document overlaying the first document; (f) an input unit connected to said main processor and to said display unit for inputting required fill-in information into the second electronic document in areas thereof overlaying the fill-in areas included in the first electronic document; and (g) a printer control unit connected to said main processor and to said printer unit for selectively and automatically printing the second electronic document containing only the required fill-in information onto the original hardcopy form in said printer unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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