Oce-nederland B.v.

Oce-technologies B.v.

Rene F Collard

Eduardus J Van Vliembergen

Jurek N Deen

Paulus W Verhelst

Peter Johannes Teeuwen

Werner J Winiger

A digital copying/printing machine and method by which a set of images can be assembled from document images input in separate actions. This set can then be printed as a whole. Document images can be input by a scanner (physical documents) or via a connection to a digital environment, such as a network (digital document images). For digital document images, a storage unit is provided in which different images can be stored and which is provided with a selection function for selecting the required image for inclusion in the set. A separate input key is provided on the operating panel for starting an input action. Individual adjustments for the printed product can be made for each input action, e.g., for lighter or darker or single or double-sided printing. An image input in this manner is included in a set file in the memory of the machine. In response to actuation of a print key on the operating panel, the entire set file is printed.

Digital copying/printing apparatus and method for assembling a set of

A printer for digital image information, wherein supplied data files containing image data for printing can be stored in a memory and are not printed until an operator has given a print command by means of a key on a control panel, the data files in the memory being listed on a display in the control panel for an operator to select one for printing before giving the print command, and wherein before giving this command, the operator can optionally adjust the printer settings in order to obtain a print of the required appearance, the printer also being provided, if required, with a scanner for scanning documents, thus functioning as a copying machine, in which case printing and copying become essentially similar functions with identical operation.

Apparatus for printing digital image data

Desktop publishing system for preparing and managing documents in accordance with a model defined by graphic properties by using input document information and commands. This model is specified by a number of differently oriented sets of grid lines equidistantly oriented per set, for the positioning of said document information. On the basis of the last grid line used as reference line for graphic elements, the format data of the graphic elements positioned as well as to be positioned, and a certain spacing a grid line to be defined as the next reference line for the graphic elements to be positioned is selected from the grid lines following the first mentioned reference line.

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Gennep, Netherlands

Rene F Collard