Xerox Corporation

Robert S Hamilton

Anthony M Federico

Ronald S Tomory

James R Reno

Daniel C Chen

James M Rego

Sharon Mathiason

Patricia A Hannaway

A system for authenticating a secure product includes a an exposed first identification, an unexposed second identification, a database, and an interface. The exposed first identification and an unexposed second identification are adapted to affix to a secure product. The second identification corresponds to the first identification. The database stores the first identification and the second identification. The interface communicates with the database and is adapted to receive input of at least one of the first identification and the second identification, query the database in response to the input and receive an output of at least one of the first identification and the second identification from the database. A method for authenticating a product is also disclosed.

Secure product authentication method and system

A method for managing a plurality of print jobs, including a step of creating, in memory, a package, the package including a first reference and a second reference with a first print job being operatively linked with the package by way of the first reference and a second print job being operatively linked with the package by way of the second reference. The method further includes programming the first print job with a first set of instructions and the second print job with a second set of instructions, the first set of instructions including a finishing instruction. In response to the creating and programming steps, a collated print set of the package is produced. The collated package print set includes a finished print set of the first print job, produced in accordance with the first set of instructions and a print set of the second print job, produced in accordance with the second set of instructions.

Method of creating and managing packages, including multiple documents,

A printing system for printing on output sheets has a proof mode for proofing images requiring printing on tab stock. The images previously unable to be proofed are proofed on either two sheets of standard output stock or a single sheet of standard output stock. To proof an image on two sheets of standard output stock, a first part of the image is printed on one sheet and a second part of the image is printed on another sheet. When the two sheets are aligned accordingly, the image is shown in totality. To proof an image on a single sheet, the image is scaled. The images for printing on standard output stock are stored temporarily in the system memory for printing. Bitmaps are created and stored temporarily for applying tab-edge artwork to show the tab area and location of the tab area.

Proofing images in a print job having at least one image in a print job

There is provided a printing system with a first service and a second service. The first service and the second service are controlled by a system controller, and are activated selectively by the system controller in a first mode. The printing system includes a diagnostic subsystem including a first diagnostic routine for performing a diagnostic function relative to the first service and a second diagnostic routine for performing a diagnostic function relative to the second service. The printing system further includes a diagnostic system controller that communicates with the system controller and is activated selectively by the system controller in a second mode. The first diagnostic routine and the second diagnostic routine are activated, for concurrent operation thereof, when the diagnostic system controller determines that a preselected condition has been met.

Apparatus and method for controlling diagnostic routines concurrently in

A method and apparatus provide for recovering from faults in an electronic reprographic system for scanning and synchronously or asynchronously processing and printing a plurality of jobs. The system is monitored for the occurrence of faults in a job, the faults are identified and recorded through a fault logging service and a specific response is initiated to the faults recorded by the fault logging service. Provision is made for using the log offline to determine the cause and effect of problems created by the faults in the system. The invention further provides for using the log online to monitor the occurrence of hardware faults in the system, and initiate the appropriate online diagnostic routine, whose response can further isolate a suspected problem.

Method and apparatus for recording and diagnosing faults in an

A method of diagnosing the transfer of data between an external serial tape and a disk memory in an electronic image processing apparatus having a controller for directing the operation of image processing means, the controller including a plurality of processors, a system memory, the disk memory, and an external storage device port for communicating with the tape for serially storing data, comprising the steps of creating a plurality of blocks of data for transfer to the tape via the external storage device port transferring said plurality of blocks of data via the external storage device port to the tape, recreating said plurality of blocks of data in a plurality of verification buffers, reading the plurality of blocks of data from the tape via the external storage device port to a plurality of tape buffers, and comparing the plurality of blocks of data from the tape in the tape buffers with the data in the plurality of verification buffers in a parallel manner.

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Webster, NY, United States of America

Robert S Hamilton