Device with printing and scanning capability
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1. In a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) that includes a print engine for printing pages and a scanner for use by walk-up users to scan a page, a method comprising:
- receiving a print job that describes at least one page;
printing the at least one page at the print engine;
determining, for each page in the print job, if the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned;
for each page for which it is determined that the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned, then performing the following substeps;
moving the printed page from the print engine to the scanner; and
scanning the printed page at the scanner to generate scan data; and
storing the scan data in a non-volatile memory.
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Abstract
A system includes a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) and a computer connected to the MFP via a communication link. The MFP includes a scanner for use by walk-up user to scan a page. The computer provides a user interface that enables a user to request a document be printed and then scanned on the MFP.
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1. In a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) that includes a print engine for printing pages and a scanner for use by walk-up users to scan a page, a method comprising:
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receiving a print job that describes at least one page; printing the at least one page at the print engine; determining, for each page in the print job, if the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned; for each page for which it is determined that the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned, then performing the following substeps; moving the printed page from the print engine to the scanner; and scanning the printed page at the scanner to generate scan data; and storing the scan data in a non-volatile memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) that includes a print engine for printing pages and a scanner for use by walk-up users to scan a page, a method comprising:
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receiving a print job that describes at least one page; printing the at least one page at the print engine; determining, for each page in the print job, if the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned; and for each page for which it is determined that the print job indicates the printed page is to be scanned, then performing the following substeps; moving the printed page from the print engine to the scanner; and scanning the printed page at the scanner. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device, comprising:
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a scanner; a print engine for printing a page; and a controller operatively coupled to the scanner and the print engine, the controller configured to determine, for each page in a print job, if the print job indicates the page is to be scanned and, for each page for which it is determined that the print job indicates the page is to be scanned, scan the printed page.
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19. A system, comprising:
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a multifunctional peripheral (MFP); a computer connected to the MFP via a communication link; and wherein the MFP includes a scanner for use by a walk-up user of the MFP to scan a page; and wherein the computer provides a user interface that enables a user of the computer to request that a document be printed and then scanned on the MFP; wherein the computer is responsive to the request by transmitting a print job to the MFP; wherein, for each page, the print job directs the MFP to print and scan the document; wherein the MFP is responsive to the print job by printing the document and scanning the printed document;
wherein the MFP utilizes the scanner to scan the document. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A tangible computer-readable medium having embodied therein a program of commands executable by a client computer to:
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display a user interface that enables a user of the client computer to set-up printing of a document on an MFP that provides both printing and scanning functions; and wherein the user interface enables the user to input a request that a particular document be printed by the MFP and a request that only selected individual pages of the document be scanned by the MFP after being printed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer connectable to an MFP having a post print scan (PPS) function, comprising:
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a processing unit capable of transmitting a print job to the MFP over a network; and wherein the print job describes a page to be printed; and wherein, for each page the print job includes at least one command directing the MFP to print the page with the PPS function enabled. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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