Xerox Corporation

Joyce Kay Nakada

Shahana Rahman

David P Rich

Minette Ann Beabes

Xin Guo

David Nelson

William Tay

Mirelsa Fontanes

Lami Akagwu

This is a system that enables a marking system to automatically clear itself of paper jams even when the marking system is unattended. The paper transport is enabled to move forward and backward, and when a jam occurs it will automatically move backward or in reverse direction until the jam is cleared. Sensors indicate where the jam is and when it is cleared.

Automatic self-clearing feature for paper jams in marking machines

A metered device includes a printing system for generating billable and non-billable electrostatographic images. The device includes a billing meter configured to store usage data related to the generation of the electrostatographic images. A CPU or processing unit is configured to increment the billing meter for each billable and non-billable electrostatographic image generated by the printing system. A user interface configured for controlling the image capture device, enables interrogation of the CPU. The device further includes a service counter for storing usage data related to the generation of non-billable electrostatographic images. The service counter is configured for editing by the CPU through the user interface to credit the usage data stored on the billing meter. The device further includes a network interface for transmitting the usage data stored on the billing meter to a billing service and a memory for storing the usage data that is transmitted to the billing service.

Machine integrated semi-automated service credit for a metered device

Systems and methods for forming composite images which include at least one user-supplied standard or individually user-customized digital graphic element in image forming devices. The various exemplary embodiment of the systems and methods according to this invention provide the ability for any user, at any time, at the image forming device, to be able to present, select, modify, position and reproduce any standard or individually user-customized digital graphic element which has been stored on a transportable and adaptable digital data storage medium to be included as part of an output composite image from the image forming device.

Systems and methods for forming composite images with digital graphic elements

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Joyce Kay Nakada