Oce-technologies B.v.

Oc&eacute;-technologies B.v.

Rene F A Collard

Monica M W M Roosen

Robertus C W T M Van Den Tillaart

Johannes F M E Geelen

Theodoor J M Wilbers

Janine D Van Herwaarden

Peter J H M Teeuwen

In an information-processing system having workstations and at least one printer interconnected by a digital network, the current state of the printer or printers is presented on the screen of a workstation in the form of an icon. The printers are of a type which can carry out printing processes in an autonomous mode, in which a print job sent from a workstation is executed directly, and in a command-controlled mode in which a reproduction process, including a copying process, must be started from an operator control panel on the printer. When the printer is &ldquo;occupied&rdquo; in the autonomous mode, a different icon is displayed from that displayed when the printer is &ldquo;occupied&rdquo; in the command-controlled mode.

System and method for symbolically displaying printer status information

A digital image reproduction apparatus including a scanner unit, a printer unit, a memory, an operator control unit integrated in the apparatus and provided with an input device and a display for the user to give operator control commands to the apparatus, a network connection unit for coupling to a network for the purpose of communication with a digital external environment including at least a number of workstations of users, a management unit connected to the scanner unit, printer unit, memory and network connection unit, and, via the network connection unit, to the workstations, which management unit maintains logic storage spaces in the memory, each allocated to a specific user. The management unit, when receiving from a said user's workstation a digital data file for printing, stores the file in the logic storage space of the relevant user and passes it for printing to the printer unit only on a command from the operator control unit, which command identifies the relevant file, and also, on receipt from the operator control unit of an order for scanning, such job being provided with a user identification, stores the data generated by the scanner unit in the logic storage space of the relevant user and passes it to a workstation of the relevant user only on a command from the latter workstation, which command identifies the relevant file. Other files, such as sets of adjustment parameters for printing or scanning processes, can also be stored in the logic storage spaces.

Digital copying apparatus with a personal data storage system

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Gennep, Netherlands

Rene F A Collard