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System for reproducing a physical color image

  • US 6,069,707 A
  • Filed: 08/18/1997
  • Issued: 05/30/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An attachment to a digital printer for reproducing an original physical image, all or portions of which are classifiable into a finite number of types, the printer being operative to print multiple copies of a page image represented by digital image data formatted according to a print raster,the attachment being housed separately from the printer and comprising--a scanner anda digital computer, connected to said scanner and connectable to the digital printer and including storage,wherein said computer is programmed to receive a copy command from an operator and thereupon to automatically,cause said scanner to scan the original image,process image data resulting from said scanning so as to obtain a complete digital representation of a page image,cause said representation to be transferred to the printer in a raster format that corresponds to the print raster, andcause the printer to print said page image;

  • and wherein said processing of image data is carried out automatically according to a set procedure, which includes at least a first and second subprocedure, in sequence, each associated with parameters, none of said parameters being alterable during said processing,said first subprocedure including processing associated with any single original image andsaid second subprocedure including processing associated with any single page image;

    and whereinsaid first subprocedure is divided into a plurality of paths, each corresponding to one of said types, andsaid processing of data from the original image or from any portion thereof is carried out along the one of said paths that corresponds to its type.

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