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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1993
Jon M Banks, Austin, TX (US);
Melvin R Clearman, Jr, Austin, TX (US);
James C Colson, Austin, TX (US);
David O Craig, Round Rock, TX (US);
David C Loose, Austin, TX (US);
James E Varan, Georgetown, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for operating a document assembly system. Assembly is initiated of a set of documents in a sequence. Improper assembly is detected of a particular one of the documents. Assembly is reinitiated of a replacement for the particular document after each preceding document in the sequence of the set is no longer being assembled by the document assembly system. In another embodiment, improper assembly of particular documents is detected and stored in memory, the stored indications are sorted according to the original sequence, and assembly of replacements for the particular documents is reinitiated according to the sequence.