International Business Machines Corporation

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James Thomas Smith, Ii

Joseph Stanley Czyszczewski

Luana Linda Vigil

Brian William Moroney

Ivan Valentine Woehr

Francis J Schell

Donna Marie Martinez

A multifunction device includes a multifunction controller, a first interface for receiving input data from a document data source and a second interface for outputting processed input document data to a printer, and a touch screen that implements a graphical user interface for controlling the operation of the device. The device includes control over setting operational parameters for the document data source and the printer, and selecting a mode of operation of the multifunction device. Another interface is provided for coupling to a facsimile device for outputting processed document data to the facsimile device under control of the graphical user interface, while a further interface is provided for coupling to an e-mail port for outputting processed document data to the e-mail port, also under control of the graphical user interface. Users are able to search and access databases through a global data communications network.

Multifunction office device having a graphical user interface implemented with a touch screen

A copying system including a pivotal document feeder disposed above the original document platen and a pivotal plate disposed along an edge of the platen. The pivotal plate functions as a reference edge to manually align documents on the platen. A control device is provided to inhibit operation of the document feeder when the plate is on the document platen or when a paper jam occurs. The device includes a nonreflective patch disposed on one surface of the plate. A reflective patch is disposed within the paper path. A photosensitive detecting assembly is disposed in spaced alignment with the paper path. When the plate is on the document platen, the photosensitive detecting assembly coacts with the reflective patch to generate a signal which inhibits operation of the document feeder. The photosensitive detector assembly coacts with the nonreflective patch to enable operation of the document feeder and to function as a paper jam detector.

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Loveland, CO, United States of America

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